These also differ from MANPADs in giving much less warning.

The Battle of Mogadishu was in October 1993 and the US attack occurred in daylight, with two helis being shot down at 1620h and 1640h and a third hit at 1908h but returned to base.

A week prior to this, another heli had been shot down by RPG at night.

DIRCM wasn't fielded by the US until later in the decade, and wouldn't have been effective against RPGs which is when you'd use flares.