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Armements des rebelles du Front patriotique rwandais

Card Number 31878

Number
31878
Date
19 février 1993
Ymd
19930219
Title
Armements des rebelles du Front patriotique rwandais
Cote
N°591/DEF/DRM/SDE/AFMO/CD; SHD GR 2000 Z 131_14; Duclert 20210031/1
File name
19930219DRMfiche591.pdf
Size
4048762 bytes
Pages nb.
6
Source
DRM
Public records
Duclert
Type
Note
Language
FR
Declassification
Min. Def. N° 000574 du 09 FEV 2021
Abstract
The RPF has ground-air defense teams equipped with SA-7 (at least ten) and SA-16
Comment
This February 1993 DRM intelligence note stating that the RPF has SA-7 and SA-16 surface-to-air missiles is contradicted by notes from the start of Operation Turquoise which state that the RPF has no missiles. See among others Point of Situation of 24/06/1994 07h00 and Daily Situation Report: June 24, 1994 At the start of Operation Turquoise, it was a question of reassuring the general staff in Paris. French planes and helicopters do not run the risk of being shot down by RPF missiles. We observe here that the accusation against the RPF for having shot down Habyarimana's plane was already in the making in 1993.