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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (3868)	4/15/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 17770

bp, Correct we are flying at above 15,000 on all missions in order to avoid anti aircraft fire. Here is why: The Yugoslavian Army has a pretty good array of antiaircraft weapons at its beck and call...: Jane's Land Based Air Defence YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) Land Based Air Defence Inventory Protective Air Defence Force SA-3 'Goa' SAM SA-10 'Grumble' SAM (reported) SA-11 'Gadfly' SAM SA-6 'Gainful' SAM SA-9 'Gaskin' SAM Army SA-7 'Grail' man-portable SAM (plus locally improved model) SA-14 'Gremlin' man-portable SAM SA-16 'Gimlet' man-portable SAM SA-6 'Gainful' SAM SA-8 'Gecko' SAM SA-9 'Gaskin' SAM SA-13 SAVA (locally modified SA-13, status uncertain) 20/3 mm M55 A2 LAAG 20/3 mm M55 A3 B1 LAAG 20/3 mm M55 A4 B1 LAAG 20/1 mm M75 LAAG 20 mm BOV-3 SPAAG 30 mm (twin) M53 AAG 30 mm M53/59 SPAAG (100+) 30 mm (twin) BOV SPAAG 37 mm M1939 AAG (400) 40 mm Bofors L/70 AAG (some of which are BOFI) 40 mm AAG, both UK Mk 1 and US Mk1 have been in service, but present status of these is uncertain; some sources state 128 40 mm Mk1s supplied 57 mm S-60 AAG (250) 57 mm ZSU-57-2 SPAAG 85 mm KS-12 AAG, with 'Fire Can' radar *Note: These are pre-disturbance figures, many weapons are being used by various factions in inter-state conflicts in both air defence and ground roles Jane's Land Based Air Defence