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Danann posted:Really surreal how it's all American guns and vehicles too except for the helicopter. Mainly because the Soviet helicopters ended up being much easier to maintain and ANA defectors had more experience how to maintain them / parts in stock compared to Blackhawk helicopters
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Danann posted:Really surreal how it's all American guns and vehicles too except for the helicopter. Boss, they have a HIND-D!
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etalian posted:Mainly because the Soviet helicopters ended up being much easier to maintain and ANA defectors had more experience how to maintain them / parts in stock compared to Blackhawk helicopters the US deliberately did not train Afghans to maintain the aircraft they supplied to the Afghan Air Force, forcing them to rely on US private contractors to keep everything running these contractors of course all left as soon as they saw the writing on the wall
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Mister Bates posted:the US deliberately did not train Afghans to maintain the aircraft they supplied to the Afghan Air Force, forcing them to rely on US private contractors to keep everything running Yeah the same thing happened in Iraq after Lockheed Martin decided to take their specialized contractor teams out of the nation. All the fancy gear the Iraqis bought for their airforce either became usable or had a massive drop in mission availability. Some investigation into this failed aspect of the ANA not surprising found it was US defense contractors who lobbied for this plan obviously for $$$ reasons even though it left the ANA with overly complex equipment not optimized for the operating environment. US-style Colonialism working as intended!
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Mister Bates posted:the US deliberately did not train Afghans to maintain the aircraft they supplied to the Afghan Air Force, forcing them to rely on US private contractors to keep everything running the us military needs those contractors to maintain the same equipment. a
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Truga posted:wow i didn't know even pentagon is assadist now is this bappin? it feels like this is bappin
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Truga posted:wow i didn't know even pentagon is assadist now the virgin helicopter barrel bomb vs the Chad US Warcrime airstrike
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Gresh posted:still loling at how loving hard the US got owned in Afghanistan Lmfao
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man trump never got his military parade and now the taliban get the one he always wanted with american APCs and everything
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Shear Modulus posted:man trump never got his military parade and now the taliban get the one he always wanted with american APCs and everything  also, the profit model for vendors of military hardware which actually see use is after-purchase maintenance. exclusivity on both parts and certifying technicians for installing them. they do it to prey on US military spending, but they'll take anyone's! this is widely believed in the non-CHUD veteran community to be the reason why all of our vehicles are hot garbage which break down all the time: basically planned obsolescence but for war machines
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did anyone ever find a copy of the video where the afghan dude lifts a panel on a helicopter and goes 'mehhhh'?
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Spergin Morlock posted:did anyone ever find a copy of the video where the afghan dude lifts a panel on a helicopter and goes 'mehhhh'? omg lmao that was a tremendous video. thanks for reminding me. it was in a tweet, if that helps. probably posted in this thread.
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Shear Modulus posted:man trump never got his military parade and now the taliban get the one he always wanted with american APCs and everything Maybe the Taliban read hit self help book "The Art of the Deal" ? LonsomeSon posted:
Meanwhile glorious slav products like the famous AK rifles are designed to operate in the most challenging conditions without issue. A lot of the more practical Russian / Soviet concepts was driven by how they realized their design philosophy was making simpler more reliable things that could be kept running by conscripts / people with a lower level of education. Western equipment was often intentionally designed to require a army of specialists to keep running. etalian has issued a correction as of 12:08 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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When your colonialism / military adventure ends in complete humiliation  The date was months in advance but everyone on the Beltway side assumed it would get cancelled / delayed quote:Their stories are a testament to the U.S. government’s lack of preparedness for the cratering security situation, even as President Joe Biden pushed through his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31.
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etalian posted:When your colonialism / military adventure ends in complete humiliation trump negotiated it in february 2020. so they had 18 months
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hobbesmaster posted:trump negotiated it in february 2020. so they had 18 months maybe the Cubans should drive by them to deliver a broke brains double tap with that mind ray weapon?
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etalian posted:When your colonialism / military adventure ends in complete humiliation Jim Jones' White Nights but instead of mass suicide its withdrawing from Afghanistan.
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hobbesmaster posted:trump negotiated it in february 2020. so they had 18 months I used to think it was prions. I think I should probably add microplastics and plastic poisoning.
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Azathoth posted:Jim Jones' White Nights but instead of mass suicide its withdrawing from Afghanistan. Why Would finding out that the US is slow-moving ineffective nation state break peoples minds? Also did they think the US would also try to fast-track the saving the various collaborators who worked for the failed central government?
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hobbesmaster posted:trump negotiated it in february 2020. so they had 18 months biden really should have publicly fired a few generals for loving it up so bad. some big public display like they did with the mcchrystal firing would have been more than appropriate
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Hey, I've been avoiding politics like the plague so I don't know anything. Has Trump ever shut up? Is he gonna run for president again? Please don't make me go to teh Trump thread.
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they took away his twitter account and nobody outside of fox and the various fringe right wing outlets are giving him interviews or covering his rallies which mostly shut him up except for in the minds of diehard true believers who think the media is part of a grand conspiracy to steal the election from him and silence him yes he's going to run again as long as he's not dead. he hasn't said it but he's going to.
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Shear Modulus posted:biden really should have publicly fired a few generals for loving it up so bad. some big public display like they did with the mcchrystal firing would have been more than appropriate The US military apparently rarely does the old relief system anymore that was used in WWII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZWxxZ2JGE&t=3158s So like corporate America it's now failing to the top.
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etalian posted:Meanwhile glorious slav products like the famous AK rifles are designed to operate in the most challenging conditions without issue. WHY YOU WANT RAIL FOR KALASHNIKOV? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PROCURED FROM IZHEVSK MECHANICAL WORKS? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH ARMY OF RUSSIA! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, TRADE STORY OF MANY WEAPONS DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR ENGINEERING! OR MAYBE YOU NOT DO THIS. PROBABLY IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER DESIGN WEAPON IN WHOLE LIFE. YOU LOOK AT FINE RUSSIAN RIFLE, THINK IT NEED CRAZY poo poo STICK ON ALL SIDES OF WEAPON. YOU HAVE DISEASE OF AMERICAN CAPITALIST, CHANGE THING THAT IS FINE FOR NO REASON EXCEPT TO LOOK DIFFERENT FROM COMRADE. YOU PUT CHEAP FLASHLIGHT OF CHINESE SLAVE FACTORY ON ONE SIDE, YOU PUT BAD SCOPE OF AMERICAN MIDDLE WEST ON OTHER SIDE, YOU PUT FRONT PISTOL GRIP ON BOTTOM SO YOU ARE LIKE AMERICAN MOVIE GUY JOHN RAMBO. MAYBE YOU PUT SEX DILDO ON TOP TO gently caress YOURSELF IN rear end in a top hat FOR MAKING SHAMEFUL TRAVESTY OF RIFLE OF MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, NO? RIFLE IS FINE. YOU gently caress IT, IT ONLY GET HEAVY AND YOU STILL NO HIT LARGEST SIDE OF BARN. GO TO FIRING RANGE, PRACTICE WITH MANY MAGAZINE OF CARTRIDGE. THEN YOU NOT NEED DUMB poo poo PUT ON SIDE OF RIFLE
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LonsomeSon posted:WHY YOU WANT RAIL FOR KALASHNIKOV? IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS PROCURED FROM IZHEVSK MECHANICAL WORKS? YOU THINK NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? THEN MAYBE YOU FIND JOB WITH ARMY OF RUSSIA! YOU HAVE DRINKS WITH MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, TRADE STORY OF MANY WEAPONS DESIGNED AND DETAILS OF SCHOOL FOR ENGINEERING! When it stops shooting just find a nearby table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io7Zztghdno&t=606s
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etalian posted:When it stops shooting just find a nearby table Just bang on that fucker like it's my alternator.
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etalian posted:The US military apparently rarely does the old relief system anymore that was used in WWII: jesus letterman really let himself go
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think its bad when your whole family gets blown away by a drone missile at your kids birthday party? imagine how the people who have to write reports about it later feel, for once.
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Shear Modulus posted:biden really should have publicly fired a few generals for loving it up so bad. some big public display like they did with the mcchrystal firing would have been more than appropriate but we might run out of generals, it's not like we have hundreds of them just lying around soaking up money and fantasizing about killing
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Nix Panicus posted:Americans will invade your country and then make movies about how killing your people made their soldiers sad Frankie Boyle is really good.
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Vim Fuego posted:but we might run out of generals, it's not like we have hundreds of them just lying around soaking up money and fantasizing about killing but designated survivor taught me that there's only one general and the president is showing poor statesmanship when he fires him for being a bloodthirsty dipshit because the plot will demand the president hire him back later requiring his unique expertise in a come to genocidal jesus moment
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etalian posted:Frankie Boyle is really good. Wasn't he anticorbyn or some poo poo
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Mr. Lobe posted:Wasn't he anticorbyn or some poo poo most of his rage was more targeted at how ineffective Labour had become and Labour getting bulldozed by the right wing tories / Bojo in the more recent political matches. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/07/frankie-boyle-election-countdown-praying-prorogue-next-parliament
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