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Waiting for the code word to launch, which today was ``Irene,'' they were a formidable armada. The helicopter assault force included about 75 Rangers and 40 Delta Force troops in 17 helicopters. Idling at the airport was a convoy of 12 vehicles with soldiers who would ride three miles to the target building and escort the Somali prisoners and the assault team back to base.
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И у сомaлийцeв aмeрскиe TOW были точно, нe считaя, нaвeрноe, совeтскиx:
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According to the May 1995 World Policy Institute Issue Brief, "U.S. Weapons at War: United States Arms Deliveries to Regions of Conflict":
in Somalia, where 25,000 U.S. troops were sent as peacekeepers and 31 were killed, 31% of the weapons that had been sent to Somalia before the recent civil war broke out were made in the United States, including FMC M-113 armored personnel carriers, and Hughes TOW anti-tank missiles;
