27-08-2021, 17:11
(26-08-2021, 23:05)0762 Wrote: That's apparently why they wanna collaborate/ally with the Chinese who can service a lotta this equipment. It's amazing that they could wantonly lose so much of this valuable military equipment to the Taliban.
To be right the US didn't lose it, this is mainly the equipment that the US gave to the Afghan Government so they could fight the Taliban, instead they just left it when they ran!! It does highlight the folly of what has been going on there for the past 20 years!!
I did read an article about the Blackhawks where is said that they are fairly sophisticated in terms of who is capable and allowed to fly them. They use some sort of biometrics for the pilot so that its not possible for just anyone to jump in and operate it. The Taliban have put out an appeal and amnesty for any Afghan military who can fly them to come forward, without that it seems these will just sit on the ground.