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Nicaragua: hundreds MANPADS have been destroyed

Managua, Nicaragua - Government has decided to meet US requests for lowering the proliferation risk among the terroristic groups

Nicaragua’s Government has recently unveiled that it already started last May the destruction of hundreds portable surface-to-air very short-range missiles, in order to meet the requests put forward by the United States several months ago aiming to encourage a firm effort by the international community, to ensure the destruction of a remarkable amount of MANPADS (Man Portable Air-Defence Missile S...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 101758
Rome, Italy, 08/13/2004 15:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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