U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan amid operations against Islamic State: U.S.

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Sat Apr 8, 2017 | 2:55pm EDT

U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan amid operations against Islamic State: U.S.

A U.S. soldier was killed while conducting operations against Islamic State in Afghanistan late on Saturday, a U.S. military spokesman said in a message posted on Twitter.

"The soldier was mortally wounded late Saturday during an operation in Nangarhar Province" in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. Navy Captain Bill Salvin said in a message on the official Twitter account of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.

The soldier was a Special Forces operator, Salvin told Reuters separately.

The circumstances of the death were unclear and Salvin said more information could be released later.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-usa-casualty-idUSKBN17A0Q5

[democrank]

1. Hope he's on his way home.

Rest In Peace, soldier.

[HoneyBadger]

2. Vs the $100M cost of Tomahawks (or the $100M cost of a plane) what value do we assign to a soldier?

[HoneyBadger]

3. Related cost issue

I see that for $400M-1.2B, you can buy a Russian setup to shoot down missiles. Which is slightly over 100 shots. So would you spend $200M-600M to shoot down the Tomahawks? Would you spend $1B-3B if you needed 3 setups to shoot down 59 Tomahawks at once?