
RT link so read between the Pravda.
The pro russian side seems to be remarkably good at knocking helicopters out of the sky for a civilian militia.
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 8:48, Reply)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-7
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 8:55, Reply)

Also wouldn't you need training in using something like this to pick out a helicopter?
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A quick search of the internet shows rather a lot of Russian made RPG30's in rebel hands.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-30
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 8:59, Reply)

Maybe it's not early nineties, but I would bet there are some in civilian hands in post-soviet area still.
Mind, only point I'm trying to prove, is that it is not exactly far fetched.
See Mi-24 and RPG-7 in Afghanistan.
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What they have looks a lot more modern.
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 9:41, Reply)

Those things don't even fly in straight lines.
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"In Mogadishu, Somalia, rocket-propelled grenades were used to down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters in 1993."
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( , Fri 2 May 2014, 9:01, Reply)

hate ass-hat assange and don't agree with the title but that's what it was called
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 9:09, Reply)

While maybe not "suited" to this task, it was done numerous times.
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 9:12, Reply)

all the bullets on Earth.
( , Fri 2 May 2014, 12:23, Reply)