Libyan Manpads Go Missing
WMD
Mustard gas may have been historically grouped into the classification of "WMD" because of its strategic effect in WW1, but as somebody else points out, in today's context, it is a merely a rather unreliable, short-range and easily countered local tactical weapon.
It remains classified as a "WMD" partly because of the historical context, but also because it is cheap & nasty, & would allow poorer nations to gain some sort of tactical battlefield parity with wealthier nations that control the UN and invest huge sums in developing high-technology battlefield weapons.
It remains classified as a "WMD" partly because of the historical context, but also because it is cheap & nasty, & would allow poorer nations to gain some sort of tactical battlefield parity with wealthier nations that control the UN and invest huge sums in developing high-technology battlefield weapons.
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Risk management or blind panic?
With all this talk of MANPADS going missing I have reviewed my personal safety and have come to the conclusion that the average airline pilot is far more likely to be killed by a baggage cart while doing the walk round than by a stolen MANPAD.
