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2021-08-24 Afghanistan
Thanks To Joe Biden The Taliban Now Has Over 200 Military Aircraft ‐ Ranks Them As #26 In List Of Nations In Combat Aircraft Strength
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Posted by Sleatle Sheaque8261 2021-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top
 File under: Taliban/IEA 

#1 I'm no expert but my half-educated guess is they're good at making bricks fly, and not much else.
Posted by Raj 2021-08-24 00:05||   2021-08-24 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Here is a more complete list of US-supplied and left behind equipment list now controlled by Taliban:

-2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP’s
-75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc
-45 UH-60 Blachhawk Helicopters
-50 MD530G Scout Attack Choppers
-ScanEagle Military Drones
-30 Military Version Cessnas
-4 C-130’s
-29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tocano Ground Attack Aircraft

=208+ Aircraft Total!!

-At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition
-61,000 M203 Rounds
-20,040 Grenades
-Howitzers
-Mortars +1,000’s of Rounds
-162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Comunications Gear
-16,000+ Night Vision Goggles
-Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes
-Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles
-10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets
-Recconaissance Equipment (ISR)
-Laser Aiming Units
-Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT
-2,520 Bombs
-Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops ALL operational
-Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency
-Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber
-Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor
-US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics
-Lots of Heavy Equipment Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators
Posted by Joe of the Jungle 2021-08-24 04:46||   2021-08-24 04:46|| Front Page Top

#3 

Were Batteries included? ☻

But look at this from the Military Industrial Complex angle.

Now the US DOD needs to replaced those Items ($$$$$).

Naturally to be replaced with now required better and More Expensive models.

Also sooner than later there will be a need for replacement parts and supplies. Which of course can't be sold directly to the Taliban.
So 3rd and 4th party middle men will be needed. ($$$$$) all around.

I'd be watching the Generals and Politicians that planned this massive DOD armament dump. Surely some ($$$$$ or JOB's) is going to end up in some pockets.

Or we have some of the Stupidest people in leadership roles protecting the USA and our citizens.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-24 07:47||   2021-08-24 07:47|| Front Page Top

#4 the deep state figured a better way of arms running. just leave the equipment behind.
Posted by Retard Strength 2021-08-24 07:54||   2021-08-24 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's hope they installed the right software.
Posted by European Conservative 2021-08-24 07:57||   2021-08-24 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 That's not how you spell 'Enemy'.
Posted by Cesare 2021-08-24 08:50||   2021-08-24 08:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Going to last about as long as the greenhouses in Gaza did.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-24 10:27||   2021-08-24 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Bet a lot of Russian and Chinese pilots with bags of money start arriving in Afghanistan before long.
Posted by ruprecht 2021-08-24 13:47||   2021-08-24 13:47|| Front Page Top

#9 I was thinking Mercs too. Possibly even new believers trained in a part of the chain.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-24 13:50||   2021-08-24 13:50|| Front Page Top

#10 They will just have to scavenge for used parts after the Inshallah maintenance takes effect. During the Iran-Iraq War the Iranian "Air Force" was soon down to 4 sorties per month (American F-14s, per Cordeman) because of spare parts shortages...
Posted by magpie 2021-08-24 14:52||   2021-08-24 14:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Arms Bazaar at Baghram AFB next month. Watching where these aircraft loaded with arms fly will be a huge validation of who's not our friend...
Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-08-24 15:04||   2021-08-24 15:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Absolutely. Without parts they don't have 29 Super Tocanos, after x hours operation they have 10. Without helo pilots, they don't have 45 Blackhawks they have 0. A helo pilot without Blackhawk experience is going to put x hours of operation so they really have 10, if they can find someone qualified to do repairs.

Aircraft Fuel could also run low or out.

Consider the meme trolling they have been doing, and what a certain piece of propaganda might accomplish.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-24 15:33||   2021-08-24 15:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Ass kicked by cavemen. No getting around that.
Posted by Whith Pelosi9596 2021-08-24 18:51||   2021-08-24 18:51|| Front Page Top

#14 Most of the working aircraft are sitting in Uzbekistan.(One of the A29's went head to head with a MiG; both lost.) The non working ones had to stay behind.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-24 18:52||   2021-08-24 18:52|| Front Page Top

#15 Also, there are reports that Iran has started shipping fuel across the border.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-24 18:53||   2021-08-24 18:53|| Front Page Top

#16 A BINGO at #8.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-24 18:54||   2021-08-24 18:54|| Front Page Top

#17 How many Saudi pilots did the US train until 2019? Never mind.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-24 23:34||   2021-08-24 23:34|| Front Page Top

#18 Black cloud. Bounce bounce bounce. "At full power,
From here to Kabul, half an hour!
Who needs foreign aid?
It's three-quarters handmade
By an armourer down in Peshawar."
Posted by Sonny Pheling1565 2021-08-24 23:40||   2021-08-24 23:40|| Front Page Top

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