Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 1, 2021

Statista: The Afghan Military's Catastrophic Equipment Losses

The current situation in Afghanistan is bringing back uncomfortable memories of when the United States pulled out of Vietnam, leaving a vast bonanza of military equipment behind it.

That hardware list included everything from F-5 fighter jets and UH-1 Huey helicopters to M48 tanks and armoured personnel carriers with the Vietnamese People's Army sending some items to the USSR for study.

The New York Times estimated that the largely serviceable equipment was worth around $2 billion at the time, or $9.6 billion in 2020 dollars.

Captured U.S. military hardware hit the front pages again in the mid-2010s once again when ISIS overran large swathes of Iraq, capturing modern M1 Abrams tanks and a huge quantity of HMMWVs that were supplied to the Iraqi army.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 1, 2021

Four intelligence agencies produced multiple reports on the future of Afghanistan, but none forecast the lightning march of the Taliban or predicted Kabul's swift collapse, says new review -- Daily Mail

Pentagon rattled by Chinese military push on multiple fronts -- AP

US Gen. Says China's Done 'Hundreds' of Hypersonic Weapon Tests While DoD is 'Bureaucratic' - Report -- Sputnik

Air Force Boots 40 Recruits for Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine -- Military.com

Military weighs penalties for those who refuse COVID vaccine -- AP

Intelligence report concludes coronavirus was NOT developed as biological weapon - but origin will never be known because China is obstructing investigation and blaming US -- Daily Mail

Vice Chairman’s Retirement Leaves Hole on Joint Chiefs as Biden Delays Nominee Pick -- Military.com

The Army Is Once Again Trying To Sell Off Some Of Its Underappreciated Naval Fleet -- Warzone/The Drive

Special ops task force in Middle East restructured for ‘broad, regional’ ISIS fight -- Military Times

'Every officer is up to speed on diversity training. Not so much ship handling': Scathing official report finds woke US Navy is not fit for war because of risk averse, politically correct, control-freak top brass -- Daily Mail

Green Beret NCO dies during physical fitness training at Fort Bragg -- Military Times

U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Makes Multiple Enemy Radars Go Bye-Bye at the Same Time -- Auto Evolution

Rota-based destroyers conduct operations with NATO allies -- Military Times

Navy destroyer captain was FIRED for bullying subordinates by repeatedly calling them 'f***ing retarded', 'useless' and 'stupid' -- Daily Mail

US aircraft carrier tag team shows strengthening Indo-Pacific presence -- SCMP

US and Indian soldiers met for a mock UN mission, counter-drone and high altitude training -- Military Times

USAF Appears to ‘Troll’ China with Pics of Artist’s Rendition of Top-Secret B-21 Raider Bomber -- Sputnik

Putin: Russia Must Build Up Defenses in View of NATO Moves -- Military.com/AP

Putin sets task to boost advanced weapons in air defense and ABM defense troops to 80% -- TASS

Putin: US Missile Deployment in Europe Poses Threat -- Sputnik

Russia ready to respond, if US warship ventures into its Black Sea waters — senator -- TASS

Russia sends fighter jets capable of firing hypersonic ‘Kinzhal’ missile to Syria for first time as part of Mediterranean training -- RT

The Multi-Faceted Syrian-Russian Cooperation -- South Front

Putin's 'City-Killer': Russia Launches World's Largest Nuclear-Armed Submarine -- Zero-Hedge

Chinese Military on Target to Surpass US, Russia -- VOA

Beijing has ‘known for decades’ that US has military in Taiwan -- SCMP

New variants of Chinese stealth fighters break cover -- Defense News

Largest 5th-generation J-20 Mighty Dragon fleet flies over Tiananmen Square to mark 100th anniversary of China’s Communist Party -- RT

Turkey's Erdogan: Biden Will Do 'His Best' for F-16 Sale -- AP

‘I Know It‘: France‘s Macron 100% Sure Australian PM Lied About Submarine Deal -- Sputnik

Japan becomes first non-American operator of KC-46A tanker -- Military Times