The military equipment left by the United States in Afghanistan is unlikely to be of scientific and technical interest to Russia and China, but it may be useful for use at firing ranges and shooting ranges, writes military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.
The author notes that even if a fully serviceable American heavy attack helicopter AH-64 Apache turned out to be with the Chinese, "it would hardly have caused an impulse to immediately create a clone of it." "And the entire arsenal of Afghan troops is all the more capable now of arousing only slight interest and a normal desire for the military to see it in action at firing ranges and shooting ranges," the observer said.
According to him, Chinese and Russian specialists could already have the opportunity to inspect the aircraft with which the Americans "escaped" abroad. "But this is a generally accepted practice," Lavrov said.
In October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that there is a threat of using NATO weapons and equipment left in Afghanistan for destructive purposes.
Ivan Potapov
