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At the moment, an examination is being carried out to establish country where the MANPADS that shot down Russian Su-25 in Syria was manufactured. This was reported at the briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova, RBC correspondent reports.
"An examination is being conducted to determine where the MANPADS was manufactured. Such weapons can not fall into the hands of terrorists without serious support and accompaniment from outside, "she said.
Of course MANPADs can fall into the hands of terrorists without such support. Various groups in Syria overrun Syrian military bases and storage facilities. There is also the bases of the Iraqi army overrun by ISIS.
During 2013 Iraq requested from the US.
681 STINGER Reprogrammable Micro-Processor (RMP) Block I 92H Missiles
http://dsca.mil/sites/default/files/...aq_12-67_0.pdf
U.S. officials with access to the latest U.S. intelligence on Iraq told Fox News it "appears likely/probable" that U.S.-made Stinger missiles have fallen into the hands of Sunni insurgents.
It is possible that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters acquired them from army bases they have taken over in recent days, the sources said.
The Stinger missile is a shoulder-fired surface-to-air weapon that is used against aircraft.
As ISIS forces have advanced through Iraq, concerns have increased that more U.S.-made weaponry could fall into the hands of the radical group.
Iraqi intelligence officials said ISIS fighters managed to take control of two big weapons depots late last week holding some 400,000 items, including AK-47 rifles, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, artillery shells and mortars. A quarter of the stockpiles were quickly sent to Syria in order to help the group's comrades there, they said.
US-made Stinger missiles have likely fallen into ISIS hands, officials say | Fox News