وأين الغريب أو الإثارة في ذلك !! هي أسقطت الكثير من الطائرات الإسرائيلية في حرب أكتوبر وكانت عند ظهورها أحد أكثر المنظومات الشرقية المتطورة للدفاع الجوي، وشكلت حاجز رعب للطيران الإسرائيلي حتى ضربوها في حرب العام 1982 !!! مع ذلك، الكاتب يتحدث في كتابه عن التكتيكات والأنظمة الغربية التي لجأ لها سلاح الطيران المغربي لمواجهة هذا العارض !!!! بدليل أن المغاربة أكموا مهامهم بعد فترة توقف قصيرة وباشروا مهاجمة مواقع المتمردين من جديد !!!
To meet the SA-6 threat the Moroccans needed help in several areas. First, to increase the proficiency of its aircrews, the RMAF needed specific training on how to operate in an SA-6 environment and how to attack that system. A critical factor for the RMAF was that its aircrews needed to know what the performance characteristics of the SA-6 were; whether it could be defeated by speed, maneuvering, or altitude; or whether a combination of flying tactics and appropriate electronic countermeasures (ECM) could defeat the SA-6.
The Moroccans also needed various kinds of ECM gear for their fighter aircraft. Their F-5s had neither radar warning receivers (RWR) to report when their aircraft had been acquired by radar nor chaff and flare dispensers. Although the Moroccan Mirage fighters had RWR gear, these aircraft did not have chaff and flare dispensers appropriate for dealing with SA-6s; they were set up for SA-7 and SA-8 missiles not the SA-6s. Finally, the Moroccans needed information: Where were the SA-6s? How many were there? What was the Polisario's refire capability?