Afghanistan

[WLJ]

And it keeps getting better and better

Wait – the Taliban Offered Control of Kabul to US Forces...And We Turned Them Down?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/08/30/waitthe-taliban-offered-control-of-kabul-to-us-forcesand-we-turned-them-down-n2594951

[WLJ]

[WLJ]

[RocketMan]

Afghanistan: 5 rockets fired at Kabul airport, intercepted by US system

Five rockets were fired early Monday at the Kabul airport and intercepted by a U.S. C-RAM missile defense system, a defense official told Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin.

U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to an email from Fox News for additional details.

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said in a press release that President Bide has been informed about the development by his top aides-- Jake Sullivan, his national security adviser, and Ron Klain, his chief of staff.

Click here for full story
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kabul-airport-targeted-in-rocket-attack-foiled-by-us-system

I wonder if the Hiden/Barrisment administration will insist our military leave that antimissile system behind for the Taliban?

[Jim147]

From the press meeting this morning the system only hit one of the five.

[dogmush]

C-RAM's are pretty capable systems, but are still physics based.  Multiple targets with low flight time and low trajectories are challenging.  They need some time to detect, calculate intercept, slew the gun, and fire.

[Lennyjoe]

I wonder if the Hiden/Barrisment administration will insist our military leave that antimissile system behind for the Taliban?

If they have to choose between the system and more Afghans, I see it being left behind for the Chinese

[Jim147]

They weren't very accurate rockets so it may have ignored the ones that were going to miss the airport.

I figure some group will get a mortar set up within the next 12 hours.

[dogmush]

They weren't very accurate rockets so it may have ignored the ones that were going to miss the airport.

I figure some group will get a mortar set up within the next 12 hours.

Mortar that runway bad enough a C17 can't land and we're right *expletive deleted*ed. 

[WLJ]

https://twitter.com/_Will_Brown/status/1431912098590871553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[dogmush]

Wait a tic.  There's a Cessna AC-208 Caravan?  You can get a Caravan armed with Hellfires?  Do my friends in Alaska know this?  Because this changes hunting in the bush completely.

[WLJ]

Wait a tic.  There's a Cessna AC-208 Caravan?  You can get a Caravan armed with Hellfires?  Do my friends in Alaska know this?  Because this changes hunting in the bush completely.

AC-208: America’s Cessna that shoots Hellfire missiles
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/ac-208-americas-cessna-that-shoots-hellfire-missiles/

[Lennyjoe]

Most of that stuff was provided for ANA who left it behind when they ran…

[WLJ]

    REPORTER: "Is the U.S. more or less safe today than we were before the Taliban took over?"

    PSAKI: "We are not going to do anything that's going to allow terrorists to grow or prosper in Afghanistan." pic.twitter.com/VcWIrIV5i0

    — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 30, 2021

    We already did. https://t.co/n8uKwlorkS

    — Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 30, 2021

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/08/30/katie-pavlich-has-breaking-news-for-jen-psaki-after-she-claimed-bidens-not-going-to-let-terrorists-thrive-in-afghanistan/

[Ben]

Most of that stuff was provided for ANA who left it behind when they ran…

I would imagine the 16,000 NODs are then something like 4G Photonis units or some other gen2 stuff versus filmless WP?

Which isn't too shabby. If you look at comparison videos with 50% or better moon, you really can't tell the difference between Photonis and high FOM filmless WP. It would definitely be a step up for the Taliban, though our guys with the filmless stuff would still mostly own the very dark night, I think. You lose the advantage of IR lasers though, even if the enemy only has Photonis.

[BobR]

4 tankers and at least 3 C17s outbound. Stick a fork in the evacuation it is over. All military out of country. Now the killings can start in earnest. 


bob

[Jim147]

Was there anything this administration can't *expletive deleted*ck up?

[BobR]

Was there anything this administration can't *expletive deleted*ck up?

They've only just begun. :(

bob

[MillCreek]

News media is reporting the last American plane and troops is wheels up from Kabul.

[WLJ]

News media is reporting the last American plane and troops is wheels up from Kabul.

It's 1:46am Aug 31st there

[WLJ]

    Grabbed this from a Taliban Twitter account — a Taliban-piloted UH-60 Black Hawk hovering over Kandahar with what appears to be a person, or maybe a statue, hanging from a cable underneath pic.twitter.com/36HFMLEwmn

    — 𝘽𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙚 (@BryanPassifiume) August 30, 2021

    The Taliban are hanging a person, presumably an American interpreter or SIV, from a Black Hawk helicopter. You cannot reason with terrorists. pic.twitter.com/P78O1RvQ1I

    — Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) August 30, 2021

[Hawkmoon]

News media is reporting the last American plane and troops is wheels up from Kabul.

Any report on how many Americans and eligible Afghanis we left behind?

[WLJ]

[MechAg94]

Did we leave behind one of those also?   

[MechAg94]

They've only just begun. :(

bob

Yes, still year #1. 

Don't worry, I am sure the news media will tell you his approval rating is still higher than Trump's.