Junk Reclamation
Afghanistan to Pakistan: Can we have those old Soviet helicopters back?
It'll be too bad if these things aren't salvageable; Afghanistan sure could use the equipment. One would hope that all that time sitting idle, they'd just be a little rust damaged or something, but I suppose that kind of time (about fifteen years at least) could be murder on such sensitive equipment.
Pakistan is considering an Afghan request to hand back military aircraft flown out of Afghanistan by defectors in the 1980s war against Soviet troops.
The fleet of aircraft includes helicopters and Russian fighter jets.
The Afghan defence ministry sees them as an important component in efforts to rebuild the country's armed forces.
But the Pakistan military says the aircraft are of questionable value after standing idle at undisclosed military airfields for so many years.
It'll be too bad if these things aren't salvageable; Afghanistan sure could use the equipment. One would hope that all that time sitting idle, they'd just be a little rust damaged or something, but I suppose that kind of time (about fifteen years at least) could be murder on such sensitive equipment.
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