US demands Russia return seized Humvees

[JoeCorrado]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Like what?

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We aren't exactly talking about the pilot of a mig fighter defecting and landing at a foreign airfield or something here. We are talking about a small and very low tech vehicle in military terms.

You can bet that the radio equipment typically found in such vehicles was not "permanently" mounted in said vehicles, and would have most certainly been removed and accompanied the parent units home when they left the country.

We are out a not inconsequential investment in the vehicles, but nothing more serious than that.

[August]

Originally Posted by JoeCorrado

You can bet that the radio equipment typically found in such vehicles was not "permanently" mounted in said vehicles, and would have most certainly been removed and accompanied the parent units home when they left the country.

As a former Army radio operator I can attest to this. Those vehicles would have been stripped of anything remotely sensitive before they left our custody. The fact that the Russians are so impressed that they airlifted the vehicles off to Moscow for analysis makes them sound like hillbilly's being impressed by a flush toilet.