REPORT: Putin Wants to Buy U.S. Weapons Biden Left in Afghanistan — But There's Even More

[mystery-ak]

REPORT: Putin Wants to Buy U.S. Weapons Biden Left in Afghanistan — But There's Even More
By Stephen Green 9:42 AM on January 25, 2023

Billions of dollars worth of U.S. weapons are on the negotiating table between Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Afghanistan’s Taliban government, according to at least one insider.

Presidentish Joe Biden’s bungled bugout from Afghanistan resulted in a windfall for the new radical Islamic government, including artillery, attack helicopters, and thousands of HUMVEES, machine guns, radios — all left behind as our orderly withdrawal degenerated into a rout.

The Department of Defense estimates the total value of the gear Biden left behind at a whopping $7.12 billion, and now Putin is reportedly offering to buy whatever he and the battered Russian Army need.

According to The Sun, a report on Telelgram (a social media platform popular with Russian milbloggers) claims:

    Putin is overseeing negotiations with the Taliban to recognise the Taliban government. In return, the Russian leadership is offering a major arms and military equipment swap,” General SVR channel wrote.

    “Putin reported that the Taliban possess weapons and equipment including those seized after coming to power in Afghanistan, that are scarce for the Russian Army at the front,” it further stated.

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[mountaineer]

Watchdog: Biden Afghanistan Withdrawal Left $7.2B in Military Equipment
By Luca Cacciatore    |   Monday, 27 February 2023 10:24 PM EST

A government watchdog group said Monday that the Biden administration left $7.2 billion worth of U.S. military equipment under Taliban control when it abruptly left Afghanistan in 2021.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's findings noted that aircraft, missiles, communications gear, and biometric devices were among the military equipment left.

Still, the "final tally of military equipment abandoned" in Afghanistan cannot be entirely confirmed by the United States, which provided the Afghan military with approximately $18.6 billion over the last 20 years. ...

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I bet Vlad really wants all that equipment now.

[Kamaji]

One wonders just exactly how much good it would do the Orcs - other than in the long-term through reverse engineering.

[Right_in_Virginia]

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I bet Vlad really wants all that equipment now.

I bet Vlad already has the equipment.