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I had the same thought. Everyone on an air assault team knew where the TH3's were, and when to use them. That was the whole point...if at some point there is ev

I had the same thought. Everyone on an air assault team knew where the TH3's were, and when to use them. That was the whole point...if at some point there is even the remote possibility of the craft being disabled or captured, thermite grenades are used to prevent that. I have no idea why those assets were not destroyed. From the outside looking in, it makes no sense at all.

cudgy 5y ago
Perhaps so that they would need to be replaced by US troops now and destroyed later by US troops when they return, resulting in more money for the defense contractors? Arguably that’s essentially what the last 18 years of that war was about.