Carl,

Being a SWC member whose feet stay on the ground I tried to find the cited [quote]Society of Old Crows, ''Of Arrows and Needles''[/quote and found only a 2002 close match, which does not refer to the SA-24. Have you got a link or pointer please?

In searching I found this Aviation Week article:
the Libyan Strelets fire Igla-S missiles but they can not be used as man-portable air defense (manpads). “To fire Iglas as a man-portable weapon you need a separate trigger mechanisms that were not supplied to Libya”..
Link:http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...f-c98fdf99a7a0