[nevergore]

"I doubt that a bunch of camel-fornicating al-Qaeda types will have the spare parts or the technical expertise needed to perform said maintenance. "

Some of the world's best engineers come from Pakistan......I'm sure that if they purchased these devices or manufactured them they had the foresight to aquire the technical expertise and spare materials required to maintain their "investment" You don't need rocket scientists to maintain this equipment, just to build it....

Are you willing to bet they didn't?

NeverGore

[Poohbah]

Some of the world's best engineers come from Pakistan

They're too busy maintaining Pakistan's nukes...in Pakistan.