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Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:31PM (#28190096)
But it's not a waste for the Taliban though! They now have billions of dollars worth of military equipment kindly provided by the US government!
Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by nradov on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:46PM (#28190689)
On the positive side the Taliban generally lack the technical skills and spare parts supply to maintain any of that equipment more sophisticated than trucks and small arms.
Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by goalieca on Sunday August 15, 2021 @03:13PM (#28191551)
Maintenance for modern military gear can be quite expensive and challenging. My armchair analysis thinks that it’s more likely this gear would be sold to other interested countries if it was captured.
Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by powderpig on Sunday August 15, 2021 @03:28PM (#28191687)
Like the Russians?
Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by rich_sasha on Sunday August 15, 2021 @02:56PM (#28191384)
I suspect the kit will get bombed to smithereens by US et al too.

Modern armies do it to their own hardware if it’s at risk of being captured by the enemy. I guess there are few secretive things the Afghans got, but even that isn’t for wider consumption.

Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @11:05PM (#28194588)
That demonstrably did not happen. Did you see the picture on the cover of all of the major news sites of the Taliban sitting in the presidential palace? At least according to Reddit (I'm not an expert on military weaponry) those rifles are American made M4s and M16s.