Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Charles L Allen) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Shoulder-fired SAM's Message-ID: <12149@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 9 Dec 89 00:40:48 GMT References: <12098@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 15 Approved: military@att.att.com From: clallen@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Charles L Allen) I have recently seen some tape where the narator suggested that the Mujahadeen had considerable problems with the Stinger missile, mainly because it had an annoying tendancy to never launch when the trigger was pulled, Does anyone else know anything about this??? Is the narrator wrong, or perhaps overblowing a couple of incidents?? CHAz-- CLALLEN@rodan.acs.syr.edu RSCLA@suvm.bitnet