In the past year, a growing number of photos and videos have been uploaded to the Internet that show Syrian rebels using various types of rockets and missiles - some taken as loot from the regime, some delivered by sources outside Syria, and even some manufactured by the rebels themselves. These antiaircraft, antitank, and surface-to-surface weapons are in the hands of both the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is considered relatively moderate, and the local and global Islamist forces, and are being used to combat aircraft, armored vehicles, and regime bases.
What follows is a review of how the use of this weaponry progressed, as conveyed in the photos and videos disseminated by the opposition fighters in Syria.
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