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Originally Posted by Stan187
On this particular point, there was no intelligence failure. They knew that there were Kornets, 29s and Metis-Ms in possession of Hizballah. What they were complaining to the Russians about was that they were supposed to sell to Syria, and those were non-transferrable. By serial numbers, as well as delivery stubs, they were identified to be delivered by Russia to Syria, and transferred to Hizballah despite the agreement. The Russians, of course, denied any wrondoing as per their standard modus operandi.
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If they knew they were there then why did they fail to take proper measures to supress the anti-tank teams? The goverment might have known, but the knowledge obviously didn't make its way down the chain or wasn't listened too.