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Stolen US Military Equipment Being Sold On eBay
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."
Exactly. Terrorists have hijacked commercial airplanes and crashed them into buildings in dozens of countries. Oh wait. No they haven't.
True. Sukhoi 27 ("Flankers", as NATO names them) are way superior fighters than F-18s and have way less electronic gadgets that only give trouble in combat.
Venezuela has bought a couple hundred of those and they are kick-ass planes. And Sukhoi 27s are the oldest of that Russian series. There are Sukhoi 37s in Russia now, with a 360 degree electronic interference device that can melt internal avionics of US B2 bombers and make those billion dollar machines worth less than a Cessna...
Well, everything US does is always overrated...
That is why we let our old Bear bombers fly around, so they can think those are all we have. Meanwhile, our real military backbone is sitting somewhere in the Motherland, swimming in Oil's cash, and waiting for the day we need to use them. We always going to get the SUV-craved Yankees to pay us $110 per barrel of crude...
And, AFAIK, there is no military embargo against Iran, so we can sell them some toys if they need, as we sold those 3 nuclear reactors before...
think about it. they are in the military for one reason. because they arent smart. thats how our country disposes of retards.
i heard about this last week. i see slashshit is keeping up on things. a fucking disgrace and cmdrdildo is a bitch and an ass. the rest of you faggots can just go die you knownothing faggot whores.