Edited sentence: In reaction to the acquision the US State Department declared: "We are concerned about Venezuelan arms purchases that exceed its needs and are therefore potentially destabilizing".The SA-24 Igla-S is the the most advanced version built in Russia.This acquisition was only confirmed after 50 SA-24 Igla-S were paraded by soldiers in Caracas in April 2009.Venezuela has acquired an undisclosed number of SA-24 Igla-S man-portable surface to air missiles