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To: Lazamataz
With the satellite and drone capability we have, how the hell did FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY tanks get away????

First off, the Hellfire-shooting drones are still test articles, which means there aren't that many available. (The first flight tests were conducted last summer, less than three months before 9/11.)

Second, it's 450 "tanks and vehicles" (emphasis added), not 450 tanks. Probably a lot of the vehicles are stolen trucks.

Third, a tank is a liability without extensive infrastructure to support it. It needs fuel, ammunition, water, new tracks (particularly in a country as nasty as Afghanistan is), and a trained crew. All of these are extremely scarce.

42 posted on 01/25/2002 7:53:23 AM PST by Poohbah
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To: Poohbah
Hey, want to see me be wrong about something? It happens so seldom, you oughta come see. :o)
43 posted on 01/25/2002 7:54:39 AM PST by Lazamataz
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