{"by":"rdl","id":1546924,"kids":[1546982],"parent":1546898,"text":"I don't see anything saying the enemy is using US provided stinger missiles against US aircraft. There was a report of \"smoke trail\", which may or may not be accurate. If accurate, I would assume it's a soviet weapon (SA-7 or successor), or maybe a Pakistani stinger clone, but very unlikely a US stinger given in the early 1980s.<p>Yes, a lot of this is interesting, but isn't far beyond that is available in the news, at least if you have a basic understanding of military operations in Afghanistan. If you read 2-3 of the popular military blogs (Michael Yon, especially), you would know 95+% of this.","time":1280111024,"type":"comment"}