miso wrote:

fas.org goes into the roland history and discusses American versions
in the Reagan era. It would not surprise me if a bunch of oddball SA
equipmemt ended up at Red Flag, especially since it's operation would
not be mission-critical, no missiles would be required, and the stuff
was going to be scrapped anyway.

And perhaps more importantly, Iraq among others operated them. At least, they were operational and used during DS, although
how operational they'd remain after a decade of sanctions is arguable.

Guy