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Anti-Aircraft Gun Found In Afghanistan - Maybe they're buying them in Texas |
2009-04-21 |
Coalition forces destroyed an anti-aircraft gun in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, officials said. The strike came several days after the U.S. military warned that new intelligence indicated insurgents had heavy weaponry that potentially could shoot down U.S. and coalition forces' helicopters, CNN reported Villagers in Afghanistan's southern Helman province told troops that insurgents got a ZPU-1 anti-aircraft gun and placed it on the back of a truck, a NATO statement said. When troops located the gun, they said it was armed and ready. Insurgents have tried unsuccessfully to down coalition helicopters in the south with surface-to-air fire, CNN reported. Recent intelligence, however, pointed to the acquisition of heavier caliber weapons that potentially would have a better chance to be successful. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#3 That's OK, as long as they did not get one of these: |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-04-21 20:05 |
#2 There is an odd concern here for coalition forces. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Russians built some immense underground arms depots that were so well concealed that we only discovered them by accident, and often after they had been found by bad guys. If they have discovered another one, it would give them a huge amount of serious modern combat small arms and explosives. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-21 16:58 |
#1 My bet is that the're all REALLY HUGE Jane Fonda fans and are hoping to attract her to come visit. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-04-21 16:29 |