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ISIS seizes air-dropped weapons meant for Kurdish rebels

Perhaps the Turks tipped off ISIS on where the likely air drop zones would be?Military.comISIS Fighters Seize Airdropped Weapons Meant for KurdsAssociated Press | Oct 21, 2014 | by Diaa HadidFighters...

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Re: ISIS seizes air-dropped weapons meant for Kurdish rebels

Airdrops are never a precise game. All you can do is hope that most of the equipment (or men) come down reasonably close to where you want them.

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Shang Ma Ke wrote:Perhaps the Turks tipped off ISIS on where the likely air drop zones would be?Military.comISIS Fighters Seize Airdropped Weapons Meant for Kurds Associated Press | Oct 21, 2014 | by...

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Pretty much every time anyone has tried to airdrop to a besieged location, the wrong guys get about 10-15%.

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Re: ISIS seizes air-dropped weapons meant for Kurdish rebels

If the defenders were holding the opposition before the air drop and they get better than 50%, the attackers have some problems.

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Re: ISIS seizes air-dropped weapons meant for Kurdish rebels

Yep, us at Arnhem, the Germans at Stalingrad, the French at Dien Bien Phu, the US at Khe Sanh. Price of getting some stuff to your own guys, no need to go all conspiracy theory.

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