{"id":658327,"date":"2021-08-18T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658327"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:51:24","slug":"taliban-captures-million-dollar-us-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-captures-million-dollar-us-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Captures Million-Dollar US Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-captures-million-dollar-us-drones%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658327&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/E8lJVCxWUAoMpwc-e1629298595214.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Taliban fighters seized U.S. military equipment as they conquered Afghanistan, including millions of dollars&#8217; worth of drones, according to photos released by the militant group.<\/p>\n<p>Images taken by the Taliban&#8217;s media studio last week <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Natsecjeff\/status\/1425750570300805128?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a> abandoned U.S. military vehicles captured by the Taliban, such as Humvees and armored MRAP personnel carriers. The fighters also secured several Boeing ScanEagle drones, unmanned aerial vehicles used for reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2307692307692\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Counting the boxes, Taliban collected another five <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScanEagle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScanEagle<\/a> drones in Herat, each costing around 4.000.000$.<br \/>Let\u2019s see how much Iran or China pay the Taliban for them to investigate our western technology \u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EpicFail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EpicFail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YlG8rwlXNe\">pic.twitter.com\/YlG8rwlXNe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julian R\u00f6pcke (@JulianRoepcke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianRoepcke\/status\/1426503948127584256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The photos indicate the Taliban seized at least six of the drones. Each drone system <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130710112005\/http:\/\/www.af.mil\/information\/factsheets\/factsheet.asp?id=10468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost $3.2 million<\/a> in 2006, according to the U.S. Air Force. In 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2019\/06\/01\/boeing-insitu-scaneagle-drones-malaysia-indonesia-philippines-vietnam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boeing sold<\/a> 34 of the drones to four Southeast Asian countries for $48 million, roughly $1.4 million for each drone.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban toppled the Afghan government on Sunday when it captured the capital city Kabul. The group&#8217;s fighters <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/taliban-seizes-us-weapons-and-military-equipment-as-afghan-takeover-accelerates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have taken scores<\/a> of American weapons and military equipment from fleeing Afghan security forces and abandoned U.S. military facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban fighters seized U.S. military equipment as they conquered Afghanistan, including millions of dollars&#8217; worth of drones, according to photos released by the militant group. 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