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SAM-7 missiles dispute: Cold War again

Managua, Nicaragua - The local government says no to the US request for Russia-supplied missiles destruction

Daniel Ortega, former revolutionary and current President of the Republic of Nicaragua, opposes USA and refuses to destroy the SAM-7 missiles that were supplied by Russia at the height of the Cold War. Nicaragua currently has 1000 exemplars of the missile, with as many destroyed by the former government again under a special US request. Ortega, unlike his predecessor, finds that the US claim...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 74405
Rome, Italy, 02/23/2007 17:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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