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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

SA-11 'Gadfly' Used to Down Georgian Drones - Abkhaz FM

Sergey Shamba, the foreign minister of breakaway Abkhazia, said on May 6 a "Buk" (Nato specification SA-11 'Gadfly' for the original or SA-17 'Grizzly' for an upgraded version) ground-to-air air defense system was used to down four Georgian drones.

The Abkhaz side claimed earlier that one of its missile-equipped aircraft, an L-39, had downed a Georgian unmanned reconnaissance drone, a Hermes 450, on April 20.

The statement by Shamba is the first official acknowledgement by Abkhazia that it possesses such an advanced anti-aircraft system.

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