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Operation MIAS
An arms-reduction mission run by the American Central Intelligence Agency, Operation MIAS (Missing in Action Stingers) was tasked with buying back Stinger missiles given to the Mujahideen to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.〔Coll, S. "Ghost Wars", 2005. p. 11〕 Information about the program remains classified, although information has been gleaned from media accounts and government officials speaking off the record.〔Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "SIPRI Yearbook 2007", p. 636〕
==Timeline==
Launched in 1990 with a Congressional earmark of $10 million, the operation competed against Chechan, Azeri and Iranian arms dealers anxious to capitalise on the break-up of the Soviet Union and impending battles among satellite states, as well as drug dealers looking for artillery to fend off aircraft in their space.〔Cooley, John K. "Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, American and International Terrorism", p. 145〕
The price of a Stinger was estimated at $300,000.〔 Other sources suggested that the weapons, which cost $20,000 to produce, were only selling for $100,000 on the black market, still much higher than the $70,000 that the CIA initially offered Afghans to turn them over.〔Chicago Tribune, "CIA Stung in Afghan Missile Deal", December 6, 1992〕
In 1993, the CIA approached Congress noting that they required an additional $55 million to buy back the weapons, noting that a failure to secure the missiles could result in attacks against American civil aircraft.〔Los Angeles Times, (US bidding to regain missiles sent to Afghans ), July 23, 1993〕
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