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US to pay USD 500 to any shoulder-fired weapon

Baghdad, Iraq - They're too dangerous for American aircraft

The threat of an attack as that one carried a pair of weeks ago against an American C-130 at Baghdad airport (to see AVIONEWS), when a rocket launched from a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile has grazed the American aircraft, has evidenced once again the risk for planes and helicopters of the coalition in that zone. For this reason the American commando has announced yesterday it will pay up...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 48644
Rome, Italy, 08/01/2003 10:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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