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ISLAMABAD: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan today released a video of its members holding a Shoulder Launch Missile, which the militant group claimed to have used in downing a Pakistan military helicopter killing ambassadors of the Philippines and Norway and five others in the Azad Kashmir.
A video released by a jihadist media forum shows at least four masked militants with the surface-to-air missile (SAM-7 B) allegedly used in hitting the Mi-17 that crashed in Naltar valley of Gilgit-Baltisitan in Azad Kashmir.
In a written message in Urdu just before the start of the video, the militant group claimed that the helicopter was turning due to which the missile hit the tail rotor of the helicopter so it did not get destroyed fully in the air.
The message claimed that the missile was fired from a distance of 3 kilometers to down the helicopter on Friday.
The Russian SAM-7 Model or SAM-7 B can hit a target up to a distance of 3 kilometres.
The SITE Intelligence Group, a US-based website that monitors extremist groups, also put video on its website.
Norwegian envoy Leif H Larsen and Domingo D Lucenario Jr of the Philippines were killed along with the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors, besides two army pilots and a Pakistani crew member after the helicopter crashed.
The Taliban had claimed responsibility for the downing of the chopper and said premier Nawaz Sharif was their target. "The helicopter was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile, killing pilots and many foreign ambassadors," TTP's main spokesman Muhammad Khorasani had claimed after the crash.
"A special group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had prepared a special plan to target Nawaz Sharif during his visit but he survived because he was travelling in another helicopter," he had said.
The Pakistan Army, however, ruled out the possibility of any terrorist or subversive activity in the crash and said the chopper crashed due to a technical fault while landing.
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Saturday rejected the Taliban claim, saying initial probe showed engine failure caused the mishap.
Taliban Releases Video of Missile Launcher It Says was Used to Shoot Down Pak Army Chopper
but Janab, it even took Mujahideen a while to get accurate with the Stringer, and that was after endless hours of training with the simulator - at the hands of ISI, and then hit & trail with the live battery, they were able to take out the Target ---- so my point is whether these guys have had that sort of training, if yes, then where & by Whom?
Pakistani kids always provide evidences to big kids in the game, Indian kids are just the numbers in this game.why you pakistani kids are always cry on INdian involvments wen you don't have a real evidence???
Pakistan says it will provide evidence but till date it hasn't even provide one either to India or to the UN...Pakistani kids always provide evidences to big kids in the game, Indian kids are just the numbers in this game.
@BratvaProbably a stinger from 80s era being shown for propaganda purpose.
The PAF air chief and one of the Diplomats travelling on the subject Helicopter have quashed the idea of any foul play.
Libya bought them from Pakistan because we are also weapon exporters,In kargil you know one IAF Jet and Heli was downed by these missiles so possibly India got an early version from Tiger Hills,Bosnia (Bakhtar shikan) that were provided during war NATO knew about them.Anza mk 2 in libiya .... Question is how these sophisticated weapons proliferated as far as libiya,Kashmir and Bosnia (Bakhtar shikan)
sir g you are right, this is a propaganda video, and please lets just throw this Naltar tragedy being a Terror attack, because we all know the truth.The point to ponder is, if they have this capability, why didn't they exercise it in N. Wasiristan, where they are being pounded day and night. These idiots are quick to make and release videos, I'm sure they would have filmed themselves firing a missile. Sometimes back, they even claimed shooting down of a PAF F-16, they were quick to show some parts of it, apparently all for their propaganda efforts. Apart from gunfire, no PAF or PAA pilot ever reported seeing a missile fired at them, and even if one was to believe that they have active man pads, is it remotely possible that they scored with their first strike. Naltar is a PAF facility, and with so much VIP movement, can you imagine the security blanket that must have been in place.
Indians have provided them these, even their media had first time claimed it that they are soon going to have MANPADs with them. But this just give further good news for pakistan as we will now have all the moral will to arm the freedom fighters in Kashmir and other parts of india with even more sophisticated weaponry.
Everything has a prize.
Pakistani kids always provide evidences to big kids in the game, Indian kids are just the numbers in this game.
1.Did your govt exported MANPADS to Libyan Rebel who later joined hands with IS and other terrorist orgs and AFAIK Malaysia was the only export customer of ANZA.@Bratva
Sir surely this is a point scoring but TTP is showing looks an old soviet era sterla or stinger,an unused and unmaintained FIM-92 has shelf life of 4-5 years same goes with sterla,CIA,MI6 and FSB are both cooperating on high level to stop any dealer supplying Shoulder launched SAM's.
Missile trap is hailed as international success
US has eliminated all possible means to block supply to Taliban,they will not take risk even if India desires so because from TTP, Afghani Taliban may get hand on one, and you know what they will do.So' it's surely a point scoring and if it's so then SA is on verge of war.
Libya bought them from Pakistan because we are also weapon exporters,In kargil you know one IAF Jet and Heli was downed by these missiles so possibly India got an early version from Tiger Hills,Bosnia (Bakhtar shikan) that were provided during war NATO knew about them.