From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/14/23 20:19, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Mark Brader:   
      
   >> 1. The Russian air force was unable to establish early air   
   >>     superiority in part thanks to this man-portable air-defense   
   >>     system.   
   >   
   > Stinger.  4 for Pete.   
      
   I haven't seen anything in my readings about Stingers in this current   
   war, but have encountered the term MANPADS. So I figured the latter term   
   was a new, better type of air defense system. I mean the name looks like   
   a typical US DoD acronym.   
      
   Turns out that MANPADS is just a generic term for many kinds of portable   
   air defense systems made by a variety of countries.   
      
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