Ouch, Cost of Afghanistan draw down and waste.

[fitz19d]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ghanistan.html

Hello group buy on some of this stuff?

Gut wrenching to think of so much perfectly good equipment being scrapped in place. No use for MRAPS? They think we'll never fight hajjii's again? I mean we may not be at war, but a lot of thise could be stored inactively. (IE not maintained.) I guess even that's too costly with all the budget slashings. (Funny since in some states they want to abandon tanks but senators were insisting they spend the money on local jobs to refurbish them.)

If nothing else they could be trying to use some of that for PR/recuiting/training. Decorate bases. Whatever.

[cofi]

Wonder how much those mrap are gonna be

[dirtrulz]

A million dollars each to build, wow, some serious bill padding going on. Huge buildings that were never used that are now going to be used by the taliban. There are few in the world as good at wasting money as the USA. The more you look at how much moey and lives were sunk into that area just to leave and have it turn back into what it was before is staggering.

[TheBelly]

it's a simple cost/benefit analysis. If it costs* $50k to ship it home, but it costs $45k to destroy in place and build a new one, then it makes financial sense to leave it and render it unserviceable.

Here's the weird thing: vehicles and actual combat equipment is only a fraction of the costs considered.



*I made these numbers up. They are only for demosntration purposes.

[Ridge]

it's a simple cost/benefit analysis. If it costs* $50k to ship it home, but it costs $45k to destroy in place and build a new one, then it makes financial sense to leave it and render it unserviceable.

Here's the weird thing: vehicles and actual combat equipment is only a fraction of the costs considered.



*I made these numbers up. They are only for demosntration purposes.

Exactly. Same thing happened after world war two.

[clublights]

Exactly. Same thing happened after world war two.

that makes me want to cry ... all those p-38's............

[Ridge]

that makes me want to cry ... all those p-38's............

It's horrible.

P-40s stacked up

German jets on what looks like an aircraft carrier to be ferried somewhere


And the ones that made it back aren't even safe.

[cofi]

And the ones that made it back aren't even safe.

by far the most depressing video youll watch all day

[sniper7]

Yeah but how much would individuals be willing to pay to get some of this stuff. If they would cover the shipping costs plus some then that is what should be done. We paid for all that shit after all....

[Monky]

Hmmm.. what would it cost to add an MRAP to the stable..