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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Afghanistan not Iraq
Left behind an estimated 73 aircraft and 100s of vehicles
Plus 33 black hawk choppers
Looks like most have been disabled in some way
Lots of small arms weapons and ammunition including M4 carbine and around 16000 night vision goggles |
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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago
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"Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more."
They spent the last few days there disabling the kit left behind so most is junk anyway |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more.
They spent the last few days there disabling the kit left behind so most is junk anyway "
Hopefully. The main concern though is information left by the usa an UK, of Afghans who worked for them plus bio metric data and equipment so the taliban can find them |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more.
They spent the last few days there disabling the kit left behind so most is junk anyway
Hopefully. The main concern though is information left by the usa an UK, of Afghans who worked for them plus bio metric data and equipment so the taliban can find them "
Yes thats a good point, hopefully they aren't that tech savvy to open up any big metrics |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
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The stuff your seeing disabled is what was at kabul airport,the stuff that was left at the afghan bases when they ran off is working just fine,saw vid yesterday of some poor fucker hanging from helicopter why they were flying it about |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Afghanistan not Iraq
Left behind an estimated 73 aircraft and 100s of vehicles
Plus 33 black hawk choppers
Looks like most have been disabled in some way
Lots of small arms weapons and ammunition including M4 carbine and around 16000 night vision goggles "
Tbf most of it is damaged or been put out if action.
US are getting rid of the M4 in the near future and replacing it with a more powerful rifle. As most of the Talibans weapons have a longer stand off distance, 7.62 AK's and 7.62x54r PKM's. Just the accuracy of a 40 year old AK is dubious at best.
The NVG's need special training to use. As you point fire using the IR laser if I am not mistaken. The US are also moving away from older style MVGs with IR lasers because the lasers give away you position for miles if facing another near peer adversary. The new system is a mixture of thermal and nvg and is linked directly to the guns sight.
Most of this stuff would be absolutely no challenge for a modern army to destroy. The random Warlords the Taliban will be fighting for power may have some issues though |
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"Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more."
It's nothing more than a spare parts gold mine; which is handy, in a small way, since the Taliban are about to become very strapped for cash. |
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By *ertwoCouple
over a year ago
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"The weapons they left behind in Iraq are out of date and these are just replacements."
A rifle or hand gun even its 40 years old is still a weapon in the hands of tererists and these weapons left behind, will in a matter of weeks be on sale to the highest bidder. The world has becume a more deadly place now the idiots in power have walked away and left these behind. |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
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"Has anybody else seen the news videos from the States stating the billions of $ of weapo s that have just been abandoned over there
Apparently the Taliban have the 4th largest airforce !!!!
I really don't know too much and going to check it some more.
It's nothing more than a spare parts gold mine; which is handy, in a small way, since the Taliban are about to become very strapped for cash."
Not according to the Telegraph. They quote the Taliban as confirming China are now their closest ally and China is prepared to invest in the country. Looks like there’s a lot of minerals in Afghanistan after all and China wins another supporter. The arrogance of the West yet again brings us down. We are lead by incompetent donkeys. My apologies to donkeys.
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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago
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"Afghanistan not Iraq
Left behind an estimated 73 aircraft and 100s of vehicles
Plus 33 black hawk choppers
Looks like most have been disabled in some way
Lots of small arms weapons and ammunition including M4 carbine and around 16000 night vision goggles
Tbf most of it is damaged or been put out if action.
US are getting rid of the M4 in the near future and replacing it with a more powerful rifle. As most of the Talibans weapons have a longer stand off distance, 7.62 AK's and 7.62x54r PKM's. Just the accuracy of a 40 year old AK is dubious at best.
The NVG's need special training to use. As you point fire using the IR laser if I am not mistaken. The US are also moving away from older style MVGs with IR lasers because the lasers give away you position for miles if facing another near peer adversary. The new system is a mixture of thermal and nvg and is linked directly to the guns sight.
Most of this stuff would be absolutely no challenge for a modern army to destroy. The random Warlords the Taliban will be fighting for power may have some issues though "
Not the stuff the 300,000 Afghan Army soldiers dropped and ran away from, it is in perfect War Ready, working order. Night vision alone is a massive upper hand, then 600,000 M4s with millions of rounds of ammo.
Father Christmas sure came early this year.
A rifle is a rifle, regardless of power and lasers fitted to it. Aimed correctly at a right range, it will still kill.
It's one big f@#kin disaster and we're going to pay dearly for it for many, many years to come.
WW3? China or/and Russia in a proxy war backing the Taliban and the US supporting the Northern Aliance.
Announcing trillions of dollars in resources, they will not allow Uncle Sam's Capitolist sticky fingers back there. So the Taliban, just like Assad will be propped up at great cost to civilians.
Did Putin or Xi Jinping ever worry about collateral damage to human life or human rights?
"Hello Mr Putin, it is the Taliban here. If you protect us from the USA and let us run the country using oppression like you do, we'll cut 50% of the resources with you".
He'll snatch thier hands off, a few will get rich, the population starves and the West will feed them Aid.
Sound familiar?
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