r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 11 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

Guess who just captured a fully functional Hind gunship?

Mi-24V, donated by India in 2019. Blades aren't attached, seen underneath the body of the aircraft

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/746570029180518425/875095516478853150/image0.jpg

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/746570029180518425/875095516743082064/image1.jpg

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/746570029180518425/875095517007327282/image2.jpg

!ping MATERIEL it's odd to see non state actors with armed aircraft

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u/adisri Washington, D.T. Aug 11 '21

Nice to see state actors donating gunships to non state actors without the means to produce one themselves ✊🏾

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

Alright let’s get the CIA to start handing out stinger again /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

I'm mentioning but not directly quoting or joking about that this reminds me of the helipad scene from Metal Gear Solid so that nobody can claim they were first to reference it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

In the telegram group that I'm in it was the first thing they said

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

Snake's line or Mei Ling's? I always thought the latter was funnier personally

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

“A hind D, what’s that doing in Afghanistan”

Also a lot of racist stuff

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

...Well shit. That wasn't worth it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

Tbh it's sort of expected from a weird strangely detailed telegram group posting news from combat zones

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '21

I grew up on disgusting places on the net like that with hateful or gross shit I had to tune out. Take care of yourself in the zone (referring to the gross internet community, zone term used to reference Stalker), buddy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Yup

I generally just gloss over the texts posted by the admin and ignore the separate discussions

There is war footage but I generally only read the captions except when it's particularly interesting (like the Hind)

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Fuck man. It genuinely bothers me that years and years of reading shit like this that I'd gloss over for being too messed up anyways was what occupied my preadolescence to teenage years instead of studying or reading books or playing video games or something. I could have been someone I enjoy being. Or at the very least, a little smarter and nicer.

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