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Nicaragua: "We will destroy 1300 MANPADS by the next 18 months"

Managua, Nicaragua - It would have been ensured by Nicaraguan Government to the United States without asking for any kind of compensation in exchange

Nicaragua confirms its effort for the destruction of the portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS, Man Portable Air-Defence System), an effort devoted to the United States even during this year and that determined the removal of several hundreds guided rockets and launchers (see for details AVIONEWS). Now, Managua’s Government would have promised to Bush-led one the start of the destruction of some 1...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107690
Rome, Italy, 11/15/2004 17:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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