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Aug 31, 2021 · Other equipment experts say could be of huge tactical value to the Taliban include night-vision goggles,16,000 of which were provided to Afghan troops between 2003 and 2021.
- How Much Is inoperable?
- How Much Was Moved Or destroyed?
- How Sophisticated?
For starters, most of the equipment provided to the Afghans was used in fighting over the last 20 years, and “we junked most of it,” Cordesmanof the Center for Strategic and International Studies told us in a phone interview. “War tends to use stuff up in a hurry.” Nor should anyone assume the Taliban will have the expertise or wherewithal to opera...
Although Banks said there was “never a plan by this administration or the Pentagon to destroy or evacuate any of that equipment,” there is evidence that some of both occurred (though it is certainly fair to debate whether there was enough planning for either). During a news briefing on Aug. 30, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of U.S. Centra...
Although Trump said the U.S.-made military stockpile seized by the Taliban was “equipment that nobody has ever even seen before, it was so sophisticated,” military experts contradicted that. Gen. Mark Kelly, who leads Air Combat Command, told Defense Newsin an interview on Aug. 16 that aircraft seized by the Taliban didn’t amount to anything that w...
Aug 23, 2021 · Night vision devices: The total cost for the 16,000 night-vision goggles alone could run as high as $80 million. Individually, the high-tech goggles were priced between $2,742 and $5,000 by the...
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Apr 27, 2022 · “Nearly all” night vision, surveillance, “biometric and positioning equipment” totaling nearly 42,000 pieces of specialized equipment remained in the country, the report adds.
Aug 19, 2021 · Between 2002 and 2017, the United States gave the Afghan military an estimated $28 billion in weaponry, including guns, rockets, night-vision goggles and even small drones for intelligence...
Aug 20, 2021 · The US military had supplied Afghan security forces with 16,000 night-vision goggle devices. ( AP ) "The ability to operate at night is a real game-changer," one congressional aide told Reuters.
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Jul 13, 2021 · Another coming improvement is technology that connects a set of night-vision goggles with a weapon sight, allowing a soldier to point a weapon around a corner, for example, and acquire a...
