After the Taliban occupied Kabul Airport, they found a large number of abandoned military aircraft, but the U.S. military did its best to destroy them before retreating. It is estimated that the Taliban shot down and damaged aircraft in 20 years, and they are not as good as the U.S. military itself. It's really ironic that there are so many damages.
The heavy helicopter abandoned by the US military
So why did the US military destroy its hard-working and expensive advanced aircraft? There are nothing more than two reasons:
One is that the Afghan government forces that can receive them collapsed instantly, and no one wanted them. But to be honest, even if the US military transfers these combat aircraft to government forces, it will only be an extra hand, and it will eventually fall into the hands of the Taliban.
Second, we are out of luck. If you say you don’t want to go, it’s not that the U.S. military is not able to ship, but that the equipment has been used for a long time in the harsh environment of Afghanistan. Moreover, even if they are transported back, the destination of these old planes is still the "aircraft cemetery" of the United States. In a word, they are no longer worth transporting away.
However, military aircraft are not more powerful than vehicles and light weapons. They are more powerful and numerous. Once they fall into the hands of the Taliban, they will greatly increase their strength. Moreover, there is a potential risk of leaking technical secrets. Although the Taliban is not capable of cracking U.S. technical secrets, it is entirely possible to hand them over to other countries, especially if the identification of friend or foe and electronic jamming equipment on board are acquired by China and Russia, the consequences will be disastrous. .
Therefore, the US military mobilized a large number of officers and soldiers to wreak havoc on the massive military aircraft parked at Kabul Airport. For example, the landing gear tires of the Black Hawk helicopter were punctured, the nose was smashed, and the instrument panel in the cockpit was shattered. This scene seems familiar, and how similar it is to the EP3E electronic reconnaissance plane that made an emergency landing in Hainan, my country! It seems that these military planes do not have self-destructing devices, or they can just self-destruct directly. Wouldn't it be so troublesome?
The nose was smashed with a big hole
The tire was punctured
The instrument was broken
The military aircraft can be completely damaged by special reinforcement It's easier said than done.Take the Black Hawk helicopter as an example. It has 4 blades, each of which is 16.35 meters long. The blade material is glass fiber reinforced plastic. Its interior adopts a honeycomb structure design. The middle will not break easily, which is why the Black Hawk's blades were intact in this destruction. There are armor protection on the bottom and sides of the pilot's cockpit, which can resist the direct hit of the 23mm cannon , and can ignore the light weapon attack on the ground. Therefore, the black hawk helicopter is just a big hole in the radome. Moreover, when the Black Hawk makes a hard landing at an altitude of 30 meters at a speed of 8m/s, the airframe can be relatively intact and the fuel tank will not catch fire, so as to protect the safety of the crew. It can be said that the Black Hawk helicopter is in In terms of safety and reliability, it is almost impossible to add.
The movie "Black Hawk Down" screen
As for seemingly fragile electronic devices, they are not so easily destroyed. For example, military computers may not be as fast as ours. The mobile phone has high and low temperature resistance and waterproof performance that the latter can hardly match, so as to ensure that it can still be used in harsh and complex environments. And electronic equipment also has the ability to withstand super high overload during a crash.
Military computers have been specially reinforced
In summary, it is very difficult to cause irreparable damage to reinforced heavy equipment in a short period of time, and the U.S. military has gone too hasty. What's more, the American soldiers who were thinking about going home didn't execute the sabotage order completely, and only terminal equipment such as antennas and display control equipment were damaged. Therefore, these combat aircraft seized by the Taliban are completely possible to repair. Afghanistan is no longer capable of repairing it and can only be handed over to China and Russia. Finally, it depends on how the Taliban deal with these "windfalls."
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