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2007-01-03 Iraq

Blast kills three Iraqis in Baghdad, police confiscate anti-aircraft weapons

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If AA guns are outlawed, then only...

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-01-03 08:51|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-01-03 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 You can take to those meetings??????

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-03 14:24|| 2007-01-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I've noticed that a lot of the comments about "AA guns" really are referring to 14.5mm machine guns, usually mounted in pairs. A few of them, especially in Somalia, have been 23mm machine guns. The Russian-built ZU-23/2 is a potent anti-personnel weapon, but it can't track fast enough to be used against jet fighters. It could be lethal against low-flying helicopters, and may be what brought a couple down, both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hezbollah is also supposed to have quite a few of them. I wouldn't mind having one for my back yard. Sometimes the aircraft landing at Peterson/Co Springs Metro come in just a tad low...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-03 14:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-03 14:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't worry OS, I fly the prescribed pattern so don't shoot me little Chickenhawk down.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-01-03 21:51|| 2007-01-03 21:51|| Front Page Top

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