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.

[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..

[hatidua]

I'd be curious what the powers that be think the ROI of that conflict was...

[Dave]

We could all pitch in for a few and drive them to Pawnee for some range days. Car pooling in a convoy is ecologically sound. Get some funny looks in the HOV lane too.

[Justin]

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....

A lot of that equipment is probably in far-flung bases in the high mountains where road access is terrible and they'd have to lift all of that stuff out by helicopter.

It's no wonder they're not going to bring it back.

It is a waste, but that's par for the course when it comes to stuff like this.

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[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.