Friday, August 27, 2021

Gear.

This is coolbert:

LET NO ONE EVER SAY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DID NOT PROPERLY EQUIP THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [ANA] TO FIGHT. HARDLY. GEAR AS PROVIDED THE QUANTITY JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

From a variety of sources:

1. "Here’s all the US military equipment that likely ended up in Taliban hands"

"A windfall for the Taliban."

"windfall noun: 2: an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage"

2 "The Taliban is flaunting captured U.S. weapons that may be worth billions. Can it use them?"

3. "As the Taliban swept into power across Afghanistan, it captured many millions, perhaps billions, of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment that had once belonged to Afghan forces."

4. "Taliban Got Huge Amount of Weapons, Including Over 100 MANPADS: Russian Defense Minister"

"MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban* got a huge amount of weapons after taking over Afghanistan, including more than a hundred man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), and this poses a threat, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday."

5. "UPDATE: Biden’s Gift to Taliban Included 110 Helicopters, 20 Light Attack Airplanes, 42,000 Light Attack Vehicles, 25,000 Grenade Launchers"

MANPADS those pea-shooter shoulder-fired, one-man anti-aircraft missiles. Probably of the Stinger variety. Deadly and possibly now in the hands of the highest-bidder terrorist group. If not now soon will be.

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