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kuzimamaTaliban now has access to $85 billion of American military equipment
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By Jamie Johnson in Washington and Max Stephens 26 August 2021 • 9:48pm
The Taliban now has access to $85 billion worth of American military equipment and the biometric data of the Afghans who have assisted soldiers over the past 20 years, a Republican congressman has warned.
Jim Banks, a former US Navy reservist, said that the vast amount of hardware left behind includes 75,000 vehicles, 200 airplanes and helicopters and 600,000 small arms and light weapons.
“The Taliban now has more Black Hawk helicopters than 85 per cent of the countries in the world,” he said in a speech in Washington.
Other equipment seized by the Taliban includes night-vision goggles, body armour and medical supplies, he said.
Mr Banks says he is sure of the numbers because he worked as a foreign military sales officer, acquiring the equipment that America provided, then turning it over to Afghan forces.
The US military equipment the Taliban has its hands on
75,000 vehicles
200 airplanes and Black Hawk helicopters
600,000 small arms and light weapons
Night-vision goggles
Body armour
Medical supplies
“Unfathomable to me and so many others, the Taliban now has biometric devices which have the fingerprints, eye scans and biographical information of all the Afghans who helped us and were on our side in the last 20 years," Mr Banks said.
"There is no plan by this administration to get those weapons back.
"There is no plan to account for any of this equipment or these weapons.
"If any of these weapons or this military equipment is used to harm, injure, or kill an American now or at any time in the future, the blood is on Joe Biden's hands," the Congressman said.
The speech was shared on social media by Conservative MP and former soldier Johnny Mercer.
This will stop you in your tracks. Unbelievable. We gave them the names of those we trained to fight them. And some we will leave behind to the violence we see at the airport.
An appalling day, verging from rage to tears. pic.twitter.com/KaZT8KAfbk
— Johnny Mercer (@JohnnyMercerUK) August 26, 2021
“This will stop you in your tracks,” he said.
“Unbelievable. We gave them the names of those we trained to fight them. And some we will leave behind to the violence we see at the airport.
“An appalling day, verging from rage to tears.”
Already, the Taliban say they have deployed an elite unit boasting high-tech equipment to guard sites in the Afghan capital.
The militants' propaganda channels released a slick film of a unit called the "Badri 313 Brigade", saying they would be on the streets of Kabul and guarding the presidential palace.
Slow motion footage showed them wearing modern helmets, sun glasses, body armour and carrying similar rifles to the Afghan forces.
On Thursday, it was claimed that US officials gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies in order to expedite their access into the airport perimeter and speed up the evacuation process.
That decision, reported by Politico, has been lambasted by Defence department insiders, with one saying they had effectively handed over a "kill list."
“It’s just appalling and shocking and makes you feel unclean,” they added.
A spokesperson for US Central Command declined to comment.
Mr Banks was also furious at the events outside Kabul airport, saying: “the responsibility for this tragedy rests squarely on the shoulders of Joe Biden.
“His incompetence means American blood has been shed. This was avoidable and is unforgivable.”
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By Jamie Johnson in Washington and Max Stephens 26 August 2021 • 9:48pm
The Taliban now has access to $85 billion worth of American military equipment and the biometric data of the Afghans who have assisted soldiers over the past 20 years, a Republican congressman has warned.
Jim Banks, a former US Navy reservist, said that the vast amount of hardware left behind includes 75,000 vehicles, 200 airplanes and helicopters and 600,000 small arms and light weapons.
“The Taliban now has more Black Hawk helicopters than 85 per cent of the countries in the world,” he said in a speech in Washington.
Other equipment seized by the Taliban includes night-vision goggles, body armour and medical supplies, he said.
Mr Banks says he is sure of the numbers because he worked as a foreign military sales officer, acquiring the equipment that America provided, then turning it over to Afghan forces.
The US military equipment the Taliban has its hands on
75,000 vehicles
200 airplanes and Black Hawk helicopters
600,000 small arms and light weapons
Night-vision goggles
Body armour
Medical supplies
“Unfathomable to me and so many others, the Taliban now has biometric devices which have the fingerprints, eye scans and biographical information of all the Afghans who helped us and were on our side in the last 20 years," Mr Banks said.
"There is no plan by this administration to get those weapons back.
"There is no plan to account for any of this equipment or these weapons.
"If any of these weapons or this military equipment is used to harm, injure, or kill an American now or at any time in the future, the blood is on Joe Biden's hands," the Congressman said.
The speech was shared on social media by Conservative MP and former soldier Johnny Mercer.
This will stop you in your tracks. Unbelievable. We gave them the names of those we trained to fight them. And some we will leave behind to the violence we see at the airport.
An appalling day, verging from rage to tears. pic.twitter.com/KaZT8KAfbk
— Johnny Mercer (@JohnnyMercerUK) August 26, 2021
“This will stop you in your tracks,” he said.
“Unbelievable. We gave them the names of those we trained to fight them. And some we will leave behind to the violence we see at the airport.
“An appalling day, verging from rage to tears.”
Already, the Taliban say they have deployed an elite unit boasting high-tech equipment to guard sites in the Afghan capital.
The militants' propaganda channels released a slick film of a unit called the "Badri 313 Brigade", saying they would be on the streets of Kabul and guarding the presidential palace.
Slow motion footage showed them wearing modern helmets, sun glasses, body armour and carrying similar rifles to the Afghan forces.
On Thursday, it was claimed that US officials gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies in order to expedite their access into the airport perimeter and speed up the evacuation process.
That decision, reported by Politico, has been lambasted by Defence department insiders, with one saying they had effectively handed over a "kill list."
“It’s just appalling and shocking and makes you feel unclean,” they added.
A spokesperson for US Central Command declined to comment.
Mr Banks was also furious at the events outside Kabul airport, saying: “the responsibility for this tragedy rests squarely on the shoulders of Joe Biden.
“His incompetence means American blood has been shed. This was avoidable and is unforgivable.”
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Date: 2021-08-27 08:10 pm (UTC)Почитай monolabe. И его и этот текст - это крайности. В реальности талибан сможет воспользоваться оружием только отчасти. И ненадолго
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Date: 2021-08-27 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-27 09:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-28 12:08 am (UTC)мне ничего не известно о потере стрелковым оружием его убойной силы при хранении. все, конечно, не вечно, но в нормальных руках...
машины найдут запчасти тоже. в сирии/ираке их хорошо пользуют.
приборы ночного видения с гарантией в 10 лет++ тоже сгодятся.
вертолеты/самолеты - другое дело, да они и не нужны особо, вот денег жаль, т.к. новые им на замену будут строить на наши.
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Date: 2021-08-28 02:16 am (UTC)Автомобили, наверное, можно починить своими силами, и все остальное из списка пригодится
75,000 vehicles
600,000 small arms and light weapons
Night-vision goggles
Body armour
Medical supplies
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Date: 2021-08-29 11:45 am (UTC)церквиместной мечети, дадут доступ ко всему этому богатству.no subject
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Date: 2021-08-27 08:24 pm (UTC)за все про все байден не должен удовлетвориться импичментом. только трибунал и расстрел.
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Date: 2021-08-28 01:41 am (UTC)200 airplanes and Black Hawk helicopters — даже если допустить, что там чего-то 200 было. Это он собрал все поставки за все годы, как я понимаю. Зато как звучит! Дешевый трюк маркетолога — 200... блэк хоков! В реальности почти все летабельное улетело, осталось немного хлама. Учитывая, что американцы давно вымели Ми-8 и Су-25 из афганских ВВС, то значит никаких запчастей и обслуживания для их техники не будет. Даже если предположить, что найдут пилотов и технарей.
То же самое по технике. Немного более =менее не убитой на фотках есть. Но в остальном — старье разбитое, которое там бы бросили по любому, потому что вывозить — только через Пакистан. А это встанет еще в 80 ярдов :))
Стрелковки в Афгане и так навалом. Главное к ней — это БК, так ведь? А что главное в БК? Стоимость патрона! Вот потому муджахеды и бегают с "калашами", что под них пусть левые, но патроны есть и недорого.
А вот о чем не свистит этот придурок — и что реально важно — сколько стволов артиллерии, минометов и БК к ним осталось. В тех условиях — это очень важный, даже критический фактор. Один миномет с правильным расчетом стоит двух блэк хоков в такой войне! :) У кого миномет — тот и хозяин перевала.
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Date: 2021-08-28 03:04 am (UTC)оружия много оставила и афганская армия, попадались цифры, много. и Д-30 там, и МИ...
видел фото пол-сотни-сотни новеньких хамви американских — маленькая такая деталька. и видео, где катаются по полю на американском вертолете.
в общем, много диванных рассуждений без знания фактов. не ленились бы, полистали картинки вроде этой
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Date: 2021-08-28 03:48 pm (UTC)Что вы хотели показать картинкой полусотни Хамви? Кстати, картинка старая
Military vehicles transferred by the U.S. to the Afghan National Army in February 2021. Afghanistan Ministry of Defense/via REUTERS
А теперь ответьте мне, как специалист — нахера людям в тапочках Хамви, который жрет топливо как пять "тачанок"? И какое "стратегическое" преимущество они дадут талибам?
И сколько боеспособных Блэк Хоков у них есть? То есть исправных, с пилотами и вооружением?
Все фотки, что я видел — обычный разукомплектованный хлам.
Журналистам и политикам факты нахер не нужны — им нужны "жуткие истории". Потому они так и называются — СМИ. Средства Массовой Истерии ;-)
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