Originally Posted by
Clint45
Back in the mid-80s when they were still fresh in their sealed crates, I'm sure more than a few were diverted to a few interests with the cash to buy them. I heard that they were asking an even million dollars apiece for them on the black market, and the CIA tried to buy back all they could. The Saudis could certainly afford a few, and they were probably very well stored. Getting them into the US 20 years later wouldn't be a problem. They are not radioactive and were not equipped with GPS. The Chinese smuggle all sorts of stuff across our borders in CONEX containers loaded onto freighters. Easier to smuggle it in on a Saudi yacht with diplomatic privilege. But maybe it really was a defective fuel pump. I dunno. Actually, I'm more concerned about the Soviet nuclear warheads that allegedly went missing shortly after the Soviet union broke up . . . or the alleged NATO tacnuke remote mines (AKA "suitcase nukes") that allegedly disappeared. No-one seems to have any idea where they went (if they actually existed). Of course, it's a lot more complicated to detonate a nuke than fire a Stinger. IIRC those Stingers even came with a cartoon instruction manual in Arabic and several other languages so the mujahideen could shoot down Mi-24s with minimal training.
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