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Stolen US Military Equipment Being Sold On eBay

Posted by Soulskill on from the i'm-only-borrowing-your-hum-vee dept.

I Buy These From eBay points out a Washington Post story about how stolen military equipment has ended up on eBay and Craigslist. Undercover investigators reported being able to purchase defense-related items with "no questions asked." Let's hope the sellers don't get their hands on any retired rebellious robots. From the Post: "Among the items purchased include two components from F-14 fighter jets, bought from separate buyers on eBay. The warplanes, now retired by the military, could easily be purchased and transferred to the Iranian military, which is seeking its components, the report said. Investigators couldn't determine where the sellers had obtained the F-14 parts. They also purchased from a Craigslist seller a used Nuclear Biological Chemical protective suit, other protective accessories as well as an unused chemical-biological canister, which contained the mask filter used to guard against warfare agents. The property was likely stolen from the Defense Department, the report said."

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  1. Should have suspected something....... by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    When the same guy kept driving off with a different Humvee each day with F-14 parts stuffed down his pants.

    1. Re:Should have suspected something....... by ozmanjusri · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Is that an AIM-54 in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

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  2. Stolen parts by Wowsers · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure that they could get the stolen parts back, don't Paypal have an excellent record for helping all sides in disputes?

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  3. FUD by Missing_dc · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is all FUD, I did a search on ebay and this is what I got:

    0 items found for: stolen military equipment

    How do they expect us to believe an article if we can't verify the sources ;)

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  4. Re:Why not buy a Gripen by m.ducharme · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but they take 20-30 years to assemble, and if you lose the special Allen key, you're fucked.

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  5. Feedback by base3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great F-14, kills infidels wonderfully. Allahu Ackbar! A++++++

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    1. Re:Feedback by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Would buy again, but died in suicide crash.

      Posting anon^H^H^H^Hposthumously for obvious reasons.

  6. No problem by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you add the eBay and PayPal fees, it's actually cheaper to develop this stuff from scratch.

  7. Re:Not smart by pjt33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    My battalion's head cook was selling MRE's on Ebay Wait. People were buying MREs?