Date: 2016-01-24 10:19 am (UTC)
It's not a particular secret, and indeed I think some of the ex-Soviet equipment is occasionally put on public display, which explains this photograph of an SA-8 in the middle of Carlisle.

Russian SA-8 missiles "protect" Carlisle during #AFD2014 (from RAF Spadeadam) pic.twitter.com/CWsta8HFsS

— Defence Photography (@DefencePhoto) June 28, 2014


As to where some of the spares came from, that was rather murkier. We would talk to a US Army organisation, which liaised with [TLA REDACTED] who Knew A Bloke in [COUNTRY REDACTED] and so on...
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