Libya Has Advanced Russian SAMs

By David A. Fulghum, Robert Wall .
Washington, London .

Establishing a no-fly zone over ­Libya may not be a massive challenge for the coalition trying to enforce ­United Nations Security Council Resolution 1793, but the operation has nevertheless exposed serious military and political pitfalls.

One of those surprises is the unexpected and elusive threat from a sophisticated surface-to-air missile (SAM) that ...

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