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Even f16s are too fragile to give to ukraine. They can only land on perfect runways because their engines are slung low. Most of the modern USA weapons only wo
by jonplackett 3y ago
Even f16s are too fragile to give to ukraine. They can only land on perfect runways because their engines are slung low.
Most of the modern USA weapons only work under condition of being totally dominant and being able to have your supply chain work perfectly. This story really is a very good analogy.
One further point - and this is what makes this war even more tragic - say Ukraine do get all the super weapons annd they do work as expected, and are on their merry way to Moscow, what would Russia do? Most likely their military doct9rine of dropping some tactical or not-so-tactical nukes.
As Sean Bean knows, one does not simply invade a nuclear power.
- actionfromafar 3y agoIt's a tough problem. It's not very palatable to just fold either. The Russian government can always wave the nuke card, it's not going away, but neither will their ambitions.
- throwaway11460 3y agoI'm not suggesting they should. But the parent is acting like the technology wouldn't make a difference - it'd make all the difference. Ukraine controls a lot of their territory, they have a lot of well paved runways to operate out of.
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