Afghanistan - 20 years on

[CaptainRAVE]

US Troop deaths confirmed by the US; first US death in 18 months
Edit: WSJ reporting 4 US Marines

Ouch, that’s not going to go down well. I agree with Biden on one thing though, get out and leave them to it. It’s a lost cause.

 

[Robbo]

US soldiers killed...

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

Only a fool believes the Taliban are an entity to make deals with.

 

[Nasher]

This is because he pulled them out so suddenly and caused chaos. Should have been a gradual thing over the past few months.

Now everyone is stuffed inside the airport. If someone damages the runway they are trapped there.

 

[Rroff]

With only a few days left putting a time limit on it, so many potential targets and any entity prepared to do this kind of thing likely having no shortage of willing people and resources it will take a miracle for the rest of this evacuation to go as relatively calmly as it has up to this point

 

[RoboCod]

About what I expected .

You know nothing of my military history but I can assure you it was not stuck on some FOB in Helmand. I’m nearly 60 so you work out where I served .

Point I’m trying to make ( and I don’t care if you don’t like the way I did it ) is these guys will need our support - massively.

But it’s clear to see your obviously a Taliban sympathiser with comments like that .

Hat

 

[Nasher]

Looks like it will be an ISIS vs Taliban showdown. Time to GTFO.

 

[StephenJ]

Hat

Hat ?

 

[the wopster]

Hat

 

[arknor]

This is because he pulled them out so suddenly and caused chaos. Should have been a gradual thing over the past few months.

Now everyone is stuffed inside the airport. If someone damages the runway they are trapped there.

wouldn't military transport planes be designed to take off from even a dirt field?

 

[the wopster]

Hat

Hat ?

Also known as the “upside down detol badge club”

 

[StephenJ]

wouldn't military transport planes be designed to take off from even a dirt field?

I am sure a c17 can take off from a dirt runway , but it still needs to be a runway of sorts

 

[arknor]

I am sure a c17 can take off from a dirt runway , but it still needs to be a runway of sorts

yea I just checked youtube

This was one was transporting an apache so I guess that's how they will get them out (saw people arguing on here the other day that, the USA would have to leave the apaches behind because they don't have the range to fly to a carrier)

 

[kinetic747]

The next few days are going to be extremely tense, fingers crossed there are no more casualties.

 

[arknor]

The next few days are going to be extremely tense, fingers crossed there are no more casualties.

the last planes are going to be like world war z and probably shot at.

there's going to literally be no one to stop the crowds unless some weird deal happens with the taliban

 

[the wopster]

I am sure a c17 can take off from a dirt runway , but it still needs to be a runway of sorts

yea I just checked youtube

This was one was transporting an apache so I guess that's how they will get them out (saw people arguing on here the other day that, the USA would have to leave the apaches behind because they don't have the range to fly to a carrier)

Very hard to secure dirt runways though, and they already have a defensible area, I’m guessing for the last of the troops after the last plane takes off , they will have top cover of Apaches and Blackhawks will take the last ground troops to an area out of they city where there is large open ground where they will transfer to longer range chinooks they may use ospreys and destroy the Apache’s and Blackhawks.

 

[the wopster]

the last planes are going to be like world war z and probably shot at.

there's going to literally be no one to stop the crowds unless some weird deal happens with the taliban

See above

 

[MOOGLEYS]

yea I just checked youtube

This was one was transporting an apache so I guess that's how they will get them out (saw people arguing on here the other day that, the USA would have to leave the apaches behind because they don't have the range to fly to a carrier)

I doubt they will risk loading them in a C17 they will more than likely just blow them up they are the old ones.

A fully loaded/overloaded C17 would not do well on a dirt runway.

 

[Nasher]

yea I just checked youtube

This was one was transporting an apache so I guess that's how they will get them out (saw people arguing on here the other day that, the USA would have to leave the apaches behind because they don't have the range to fly to a carrier)

No way they will leave those behind. They will blow them up if they have to.

If an Apache gets forced/breaks down in the field they usually hit it with a missile, their equipment can also be fried remotely.

The equipment left behind is only a bunch of rifles and humves. Nothing that threatening.

 

[labbby]

The next few days are going to be extremely tense, fingers crossed there are no more casualties.

I wonder if ISAS will try and take the airport, its just a kill box with barriers at this point.

sad sad times, its also a call to arms to extremists across Europe which is even more worrying.