A quick thread on poetic justice for russia... AeroVironment is the company that makes the #Switchblade kamikaze drones. /1 
It's CEO is Wahid Nawabi, a refugee of the russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. He was only 14 at the time. /2
Decades later, he gets a sweet revenge by building killer drones that are now taking out russian orcs in Ukraine. /3
"I vividly remember the Stinger missile. I saw what it did to the Russian helicopters." /4
Now he wants to see russian tanks destroyed by his drones.
"A capability you cannot hear, you cannot see, you cannot tell where it came from, and boom! All of a sudden it hits you. Just creates havoc in your mind: 'Oh my God, what is this? What's happening to us?'" /5
"A capability you cannot hear, you cannot see, you cannot tell where it came from, and boom! All of a sudden it hits you. Just creates havoc in your mind: 'Oh my God, what is this? What's happening to us?'" /5
The russians killed about 2 million Afghans. He was fortunate to escape. Now he is in a position to get payback.
This story reminds us that life is a circle. You fuck around, shit comes back someway, somehow and fucks you back. /6
This story reminds us that life is a circle. You fuck around, shit comes back someway, somehow and fucks you back. /6
"This is very emotional and personal for me," he says.
Check out the article /END
cbsnews.com/news/switchbla…
Check out the article /END
cbsnews.com/news/switchbla…
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