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-->Iraqi Resistance May Have
5,000 Advanced SA-16 SAMS
Geostrategy-Direct.com
2-4-4


The U.S. Army has assessed that Sunni insurgents in Iraq have obtained and deployed the advanced SA-16 anti-aircraft missile.

The determination was first reached in November 2003 and confirmed in Sunni surface-to-air missile attacks against U.S. Army helicopters over the last few weeks, U.S. military sources said. The SA-16 is believed to be the most advanced Soviet-origin anti-aircraft missile in the Sunni arsenal of at least 5,000 SAM missiles.

On Jan. 8, a SA-16 missile was used to down a UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. The helicopter, used for medical evacuation, crashed and nine crewmembers and passengers were killed.

The SA-16, also known as the Igla-1, has both optical and infrared guidance systems. The shoulder-fired weapon has a 5-kilmeter range.

Military sources said the SA-16 is significantly more advanced than the SA-7, which has a range of 3.5 kilometers. The SA-16 also has a more advanced guidance system that can resist helicopter counter-measures systems.

"We are changing tactics on a daily basis based on the intelligence and the operating patterns that we're seeing so that we don't present a steady-state pattern to the enemy," Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, head of U.S. forces in Iraq, said.

Other missiles in the Sunni arsenal include the SA-14. The most advanced Soviet-origin shoulder-fired SAM missile, the SA-18, was not believed to be in either the hands of Saddam loyalists or Al Qaida.

A classified report by the Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, Ala. said Sunni insurgents have succeeded in using a range of missiles and rocket-propelled grenades to down U.S. helicopters. The study, first reported on Jan. 19 in the New York Times, asserted that insurgents use RPGs to down low-flying helicopters while reserving the SA-16 for higher-altitude flights.

An RPG was believed to have downed OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter on Jan. 2. Since Oct. 25, 2003, Sunni insurgents have shot down nine helicopters, including an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. RPGs are not diverted by helicopter chaff and flare systems meant for infrared-guided missiles.
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