Al Qaeda in Mali document found that explains how to use shoulder

[applegrove]

fired missiles to take out a plane. CNN Situation Room.

[matt819]

1. Kind of hard to get excited about this

here's one link that turned up on a google search: http://cjchivers.com/post/37443193840/how-to-use-a-heat-seeking-shoulder-fired-missile. There are others.

[FarCenter]

2. They must be simple to use; they are used by American soldiers.

[idwiyo]

3. They don't have anything else to report? How earth shattering... Or not.

I will be surprised if its impossible to find those instructions on Google.

[catnhatnh]

4. I'd be shocked if they are not stickered on the missile.

Edited to add: Look at a claymore mine-carved right into the case is "This side toward enemy".

[idwiyo]

5. ...

You have a point there! I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.

[Dash87]

6. How to use a heat seeking missile to take down a plane? Step 1: Fire it