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2024-02-08 Caribbean-Latin America

Tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports. Really.

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Posted by Fred 2024-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [29 views ] Top
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#1 Bully for Equador! (getting $200 million in new military gear for Soviet era junk). Bully for USA! (pawning $200 million worth of "new" military gear on the ~~dumb spicks~~ Equadorans)

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-08 04:46|| 2024-02-08 04:46|| Front Page Top

#2 ^And no banana for Ivan!!!

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-08 04:47|| 2024-02-08 04:47|| Front Page Top

#3 And this illustrates the problem with selling your military gear all over the world: At some point, piles of it are going to wander off to someone who you don't want to have it.
Russian, American, UK, French, it's all the same.
The very essence of military gear is it's portable.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-02-08 09:03|| 2024-02-08 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Dale will be along soon to note the victorious resurgence of Russia's indigenous banana production industry

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-08 09:29|| 2024-02-08 09:29|| Front Page Top

#5 If it cost more to bring our equipment home from warzones than it is worth, then why would we pay to ship that junk here.

Posted by Chris 2024-02-08 09:59|| 2024-02-08 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Dale will be along soon to note the victorious resurgence of Russia's indigenous banana production industry

This is why we most stop Global Warming. Once the polar ice caps melt, Russia will produce bananas prodigiously. Gentlemen, we must not allow a banana gap!

Posted by SteveS 2024-02-08 10:07|| 2024-02-08 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 @Chris To test and use as close to real targets as possible. Just after the 1st gulf war, we brought back a lot of Soviet stuff the Iraqis had and it was nice to shoot at a real BMP with the AT-4 and see how well it worked.

Very well BTW. Penetrated the side no problem.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-02-08 11:36|| 2024-02-08 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 banana gap!

[faded palm tree stencil with star and banana in place of swastika]

Posted by Gloling Tingle8050 2024-02-08 15:59|| 2024-02-08 15:59|| Front Page Top

#9 thanks darth

Posted by Chris 2024-02-08 18:44|| 2024-02-08 18:44|| Front Page Top

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