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fail-deadly- t1_j208pfd wrote

Reply to comment by ssaaff in [OC] Defence budgets around the world by giteam

The North Vietnam had tanks, artillery, surface-to-air missiles and even jet fighters, much supplied by the USSR and PRC.

The Afghans had weapons supplied by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. The stinger surface-to-air missiles sent by the U.S. were as sophisticated as any of the Soviet weapons.

Don’t act like simple rice farmers were using SA-2s they slapped together in their fields to shoot down B-52s.

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khwaled t1_j22v339 wrote

And who supplied the afghans with weapons they used to win against the US?

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fail-deadly- t1_j230o0l wrote

Often it was the U.S. supplying both the weapons and the training, but Pakistan, China, and Iran were all involved too.

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ssaaff t1_j20vmpp wrote

They did indeed have soviet support . They also knew their way around the jungle .

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