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Please, no Irish or UK politics here.

After posting my thread, I had another idea, one which could have far wider implications.
If the US supplies SAMs to Afghanistan which helps turn the tide of the Afghan War, and the US/Libya/Arms Dealers supply SAMs to Northern Ireland, which helps turn the tide against the Brits, would MANPADS* SAMs become more popular around the world? Would the USSR distribute them in their own proxy wars? Would SAMs be used in other armed conflicts? Would drug cartels be purchasing them for possible use? Would gangs? Militias? Terrorists? Lone nuts? Would people/groups build their own SAMs? Could we see SAMs used to shoot down airliners? Could we see SAMs used (by whomever) in the USA?

*Man-Portable Air Defense Systems. I know, it's not a proper acronym...
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