Russian missile system spirited out of Libya by U.S.

A truck-mounted Russian air defense missile system captured on a Libyan battlefield was flown intact to a U.S. air base in Germany in a covert mission. The operation was ordered amid concerns that the Pantsir S-1 missile battery, which can easily bring down civilian aircraft, could fall into the hands of militias or arms smugglers in the war-torn north African country. British newspaper The Times was first to report the covert mission, which it said took place in June 2020. A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft is said to have flown to Zuwarah International Airport, situated to…