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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: dutch patriots transported by the soviet union
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.041620.5149@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Jan 91 04:16:20 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1991Jan18.003442.8516@cbnews.att.com>, A6014LHG%HASARA11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Leo Geesink) writes:

>Yesterday, the two Dutch patriot squadrons left for Turkey. Due to the fact
>that the US didn't have the transport capacity and the Royal Netherlands
>Army doesn't have planes like the galaxy, the only way to get the missiles
>in turkey was by means of a soviet 'commercial' transport company.

>So, accompanied by Dutch military personnel, the missiles went on their way
>in an Antonov 224 Condor. The patriots are expected to become operational
>tomorrow.

Eeek! Are you serious? Hope they don't make an extended stop in, euh...
Moscow for, uh, yah, refuelling. 

 Doug Mohney, Operations Manager, CAD Lab/ME, Univ. of Maryland College Park
			*  Ray Kaplan was right *