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> "Deflecting" 18 older model Russian SA-16 Gimlets

Where did you get the missile type? TFA doesn't mention it.

TFA does, using the Russian name for the SA-16:

"The Vitebsk-25-mounted helicopter was then fired upon by two dozen Russian Igla MANPADS missiles, none of which hit the target."

I see, thanks. You confused the Ukrainian case of 18 (unidentified) missiles in combat with the Egyptian case of two dozen (Igla/SA-16) in a test.