Libyan radicals launch air-to-surface missiles X-29T from a ground installation
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According to the of the Center for Strategy and Technology Analysis Blog with reference to Oryx BlogDuring the fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli, radical Islamists launched Soviet X-29T air-to-surface missiles with control surfaces and rudders removed from an improvised ground-based installation based on a commercial truck.
These missiles, equipped with a television guidance system, were supplied to the Libyan Air Force at the end of the 1980s to arm the Su-24MK bomber. X-29T came to the Islamists during the seizure of the Libyan air force base Gardabiya near the city of Sirt, where the 1124-I squadron of the Libyan Air Force had been deployed.
It is also noted that the radicals captured another Soviet-controlled aviation weapons, including X-29L and X-25 air-to-surface missiles and KAB-1500 adjustable bombs.
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