Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 12:10:25 PM EST
Subject: US admits much-hyped tanks failed in Ukraine Kiev already retired its dwindling stock of M1 Abrams earlier this year
 | Shortly after their deployment, the Russian Defense Ministry began releasing videos of Abrams tanks burning on the battlefield. According to some estimates, as many as 20 of the 31 tanks sent to Ukraine in 2023 have since been destroyed, and Ukrainian commanders began withdrawing the rest from service earlier this year, American officials told AP. www.rt.com |
Textbook definition of "circular economy."
Send old, functionally obsolete Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
Tanks without the latest and greatest Chobham armor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chobham_armour
 | An American XM1 Abrams of the pre-series, the first main battle tank type to be protected by Chobham armour The British Army's Challenger 1 was the second main battle tank to use Chobham armour. Chobham armour is the informal name of a composite armour developed in the 1960s at the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment, a British tank research centre on Chobham Lane in Chertsey. en.wikipedia.org |
Make these old tanks sitting ducks for Russian artillery.
Replenish these old, outdated tanks with new, state-of-the-art tanks purchased at elevated prices.
declare it a win-win for the MIC (Military Industrial Complex) and retired (sic) military officers who are lobbyists on the Hill.
Next up: Iran.
1 comment:
Maybe it's nigs operating them.
--GRA
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