Mombasa attack highlights increasing MANPADS threat
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The attack on Mombasa, Kenya on 28 November 2002, where terrorists used two Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) to target an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-300 carrying 261 passengers and 10 crewmembers as it departed for Israel is examined to be alert for risk of future attacks. These cases have led terrorists to actively seek and acquire MANPADS, and are working to upgrade to sophisticated versions.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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Mombasa attack highlights increasing MANPADS threat
Article Abstract:
The attack on Mombasa, Kenya on 28 November 2002, where terrorists used two Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) to target an Arkia Airlines Boeing 757-300 carrying 261 passengers and 10 crewmembers as it departed for Israel is examined to be alert for risk of future attacks. These cases have led terrorists to actively seek and acquire MANPADS, and are working to upgrade to sophisticated versions.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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Hunt for terrorists confounded by SomaliaEs shifting political sands
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The challenges faced by Western intelligence agencies in finding out terrorist intentions on using the Kenyan city SomaliaEs lawless cities as hiding places and logistics bases are examined. The conduct of surveillance missions along KenyaEs borders with Somalia of US and British marines suggest that they mostly intended to deter terrorists from carrying out an operation in Kenya.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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