U.S. funds program to track, destroy Libyan missiles

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported the start of the destruction of Libya’s shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles. The State Department said U.S. inspectors have overseen the destruction of hundreds of missiles in Libya. Officials said the destruction represented a $30 million program to track, intercept and destroy surface-to-air missiles from the arsenal […]

U.S. scrambling to find thousands of missing surface-to-air missiles

U.S. scrambling to find thousands of missing surface-to-air missiles

Special to WorldTribune.com Backgrounder, Compiled by Bill Gertz U.S. officials are stepping up efforts in North Africa and the Middle East to account for thousands of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles that have been dispersed around the region as the result of the Libyan civil war.The officials said the missiles are beginning to show up on the […]