British troops had used its Blowpipe surface-to-air missiles against Argentinian planes.

Beside Stingers, the guerrillas also have British-made Blowpipe missiles.

The patrol was formed by eight men of the first section plus two soldiers with Blowpipe missile.

Farther north, in Kunar Province, American troops discovered three British-made Blowpipe antiaircraft missiles.

Both sides also used the Blowpipe missile.

A few months later, parts of a Blowpipe missile went missing and another Blowpipe was stolen from a Territorial Army base in Newtownards in April 1989.

The Blowpipe missile is produced at the Short Brothers aircraft and weapons factory in Belfast, which has suffered a series of thefts in recent months.

On June 10, 1986, Colonel North wrote a memo to Admiral Poindexter that talked about plans to solicit British-made Blowpipe antiaircraft missiles from an allied country.

The commandos were equipped with British-made, shoulder-fired Blowpipe missiles.

The main MANPADS used by both sides during the Falklands War was the Blowpipe missile.