MANPAD man-portable air defense (system) max maximum.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 90-4 Glossary]

You could at least make the effort to give us MANPAD macros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

Imagine that a commercial airliner is brought down today by a MANPAD.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

Certainly some of the anti - Taliban forces have some of these MANPAD systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2002] Reference

And was it true that one -- a MANPAD was fired at you and your helicopter when you were over there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2002] Reference

I agree that installing MANPAD defenses on all commercial aircraft is probably not a cost-effective strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

Both missiles missed, and the pilots subsequently reported that they were "not an RPG" but a "probable first-generation MANPAD".    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan war logs: US covered up fatal Taliban missile strike on Chinook] Reference

It added, "Witness statements from (troops) suggest (it) was struck by a MANPAD and is consistent with MANPAD event described by Arrow 25.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wikileaks documents: N. Korea sold missiles to al-Qaeda, Taliban] Reference

If, however, the crashes resulted from Stinger attacks or from a similar MANPAD shoulder-fired system, the deaths would be tragic and strategically ominous.    From Wordnik.com.  [01/25/2007] Reference

I suspect that these anti-MANPAD efforts by the State Dept will be marginally productive at best so long as the US, Russians & Chinese continue to manufacture them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

Zack Phillips, author of the article on MANPAD countermeasures I blogged about over the weekend emails to note that the State Department does have an initiative geared to locating and destroying MANPADs in the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

There are reportedly sophisticated MANPAD systems floating around, some left over from Afghanistan, some on the black market, and others apparently produced by Iran reverse-engineered from Stingers we gave to the anti-Soviet mujahadeen, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [01/25/2007] Reference

Chalk 3 suggest Flipper was struck by MANPAD and is consistent with MANPAD event described by Arrow 25.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

The one possible exception is a report in which the Taliban are said to have used a MANPAD against a helicopter several years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sic Semper Tyrannis] Reference

It's going to feature over 70 portable weapons ranging from civilian hunting rifles to MANPAD missiles, and 136 different vehicles including UAVs, fishing boats and bicycles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Computer And Video Games] Reference

Insofar as there’s a real MANPAD problem out there, it seems like it needs to be addressed by preventing the flow of unauthorized missiles into the US, not by equipping planes with inordinately expensive countermeasures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

” Insofar as there’s a real MANPAD problem out there, it seems like it needs to be addressed by preventing the flow of unauthorized missiles into the US, not by equipping planes with inordinately expensive countermeasures.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

What's a MANPAD, first of all?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2005] Reference

2) Install MANPAD defenses on all commercial aircraft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

Vehicle (Drone - Pilot less Aircraft) MANPAD --- MAN Portable Air Defense system (eg the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Govt orders radar to track movement in thick forests] Reference

Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

MANPAD Mania.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

Tuesday MANPAD Blogging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

Anti-aircraft, shoulder-fired (MANPAD).    From Wordnik.com.  [Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog] Reference

35 Responses to “MANPAD Mania” anon Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » MANPAD Mania] Reference

29 Responses to “Tuesday MANPAD Blogging”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tuesday MANPAD Blogging] Reference

Aircraft) MANPAD --- MAN Portable Air Defense system (eg the Infamous FIM-92 Stinger) JDAM.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Govt orders radar to track movement in thick forests] Reference