The germans have been struggling for a few years now with their operational status,not exactly a leader of Europe and a ally you would trust if SHTF
So we should trust Poland as the new leader of Europe. A racist, homophobic, anti free speech, anti free press ,alt right ultra nationalist conservative government to lead Europe in to a new age. What are yous smoking? Poland and Hungarian governments have most in common with Putins politics than any other EU government. How , when yous are rightly so against Putin, you think the government that most resembles him is the answer to Europes future is beyond me. Yous continually ignore all the points made against the Polish government but just keep banging on about their military. Seems like it doesn’t matter if a government is depraved as long as their on your side. Anyway it’s just more fantasy nonsense.
There are so many lies coming from mainstream western media, the assumption must be made that everything they say about our Russia
Poland is also the number 1 claimant from the EU peace facility for Ukraine, in the push back against red Russia. Accounting for more than 50% of the reimbursement claims from the larger fund.
Germany, as the largest EU economy, being the number 1 contributor into the EU.
You've read the book, now see the movie of some FPV drones in action:
I am glad to present you the first videos from the FPV drones we collected on New Year's Eve 🔥😈
In total, thanks to your money, at least 7 Russians were eliminated. Alas, a couple of videos got leaked online by mistake, so I had to post them faster and not all at once, and they won't be a surprise to some people :(
Just a reminder, one drone costs ~$350, can hit targets up to 10 kilometres away, and can carry up to 3kg of warhead (the video shows 1 to 1.5kg).
You can support the creation of these extremely effective drones with a donation. We are evolving, and plan to purchase thermobaric ammunition to help make even more dead russets.
These are a very low cost means of eradicating pests. I believe the statistics are that more than a thousand rounds of small calibre ammunition are expended per kill. Even if one drone only manages one kill, the cost of one of these is likely less than the retail cost of the ammount of ammo needed to achieve the same result.
Avenge the kitten.
Marinka / марінка
And to think I was reading some mealy mouthed words from some lawyers opining that seized Orc assets coudn't actually be used to recompense Ukraine for the destruction, death, suffering and warcrimes, but had to be given back. This was in response to an EU idea that they had found a way to use the funds for just that. They did say that perhaps the funds could be used by Ukraine if the principle was eventually repaid, with interest.
After the orcs are defeated their gas and oil fields need to be placed under Ukrainian control. Every single cent it takes to rebuild needs to be repaid by the orcs. All the victims of orc savagery should be compensated to the full.
putler disappears for weeks on end for no apparent reason. You can draw your own conclusions but I am guessing that he is undergoing radiation treatment. He is clearly a very sick man.
Then they better start to show some leadership and show they are worthy of it in Germany.
Germanys economy was going trough the roof with cheap gas from Russia and cheap production in China,and still cant afford to maintain an operational military,even though they have been warned by both US allies and European allies about Putins regime.
And ask yourself what country have taking in most refugees from Ukraine
Polands internal politics have nothing to do with being a neighbour to Russia
And you will be devastated when it happens 💩
"our Russia?" No, tovarisch... it's YOUR RuZZia
They aren't the "new leader of Europe". They are however taking a key role in supplying and supporting Ukraine.
They are very much on track to become one of Europe's most powerful militaries
I was listening to a Sky podcast. One military expert was adamant that the A10's were ideal for Ukraine & a far better choice than the F16's.
Ukraine aid infographic
Close to the amount we (Europe) spent on Russian energy in 2021. Thankfully that has come right down since.
There has been several posts on here where it was said that Poland full expects a war with Russia, sooner or later, and it seems that they are fully preparing for it to happen. As far as they are concerned, the more Russian gets weakened now, the better. A Russia militarily destroyed will be a very good outcome for them. And the rest of the world too.
Whatever about physically sick, he's definitely psychologically damaged. I'm pretty sure there's one or more likely several clinical descriptions of his type of madness.
Cant see how a slow flying A10 is a better choice than the SU25 Ukraine allready have,when you can get a faster F16 multirole,that can do both air to air,air to ground and SEAD missions,and have better survivability and stand off weapons and jamming pod.
I haven't posted it, because people are so sceptical and seem tired of the topic, but yesterday the deputy head of UA military intelligence said they have absolute certainty that he is very sick. It seems he had colon cancer that metastasised, which is poetic justice, given what an absolute arsehole he's been his whole life, and now he has cancer in many places. The translation or original wording was slightly iffy in that it either said he has early onset Parkinsons as well or that the treatments for the cancer were causing symptoms like it.
They also think he's being treated by western expert medicos, otherwise he'd be dead by now. If he was regularly flying to Switzerland for treatment, I wouldn't be the least surprised.
Jules De Plank didnt account for Ireland, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Luxembourg, Belgium in his chart up above.
Theres more military, humanitarian, and financial in that bunch than you might think. (60k places for refugees for 1 thing.) (And at least 90 armored vehicles)
Or certain non-EU countries like North Macedonia, which might seem like m'eh, but actually North Macedonia gave a shocking 8 T72s ! Dont fuk with North Macedonia Jules.
U.S spent 12bn on energy imports from Saudi Arabia in 2019.
They will have to come through Poland first and the Poles will kick seven different types of Sh!te out of them if the Ukrainian's don't do it first
Each year's EU revenue v expenditure breakdown by country is available.
Belgium contributed more than Ireland in revenue to the EU in 2021, but the massive amount spent on the institutions in Brussels, including pensions for EU staff etc., brings their total expenditure up. Year on year they are an outlier in administration costs for Brussels.
You said Belgium doesn't financially contribute to the EU, but that is false. They're far more of an asset than Ireland both financially and otherwise.
The A-10 was built for survivability, the f-16 was not. The A-10 has a higher weapons load in terms of weight and variety and almost all of them and it's systems are designed for attacking targets on the ground. Slow is actually good for SEAD. Pilots need time to visually find and confirm targets. The A-10 is a bomb truck, the F-16 is a mach 2 fighter made to do stuff it shouldn't have been. The A-10's can operate out of poorer unpaved airfields or even roads. F-16 ground attack Payload, about 2000 kg, A-10, 7,250 Kg.
I am all for Ukraine getting either, but I think the A-10 would be the better option, but the F-16 would be great also and seem a more likely option given the Netherlands or other countries can donate F-16s while only the US can give A-10s.
The sheer variety of ground attack munitions the A-10 can carry and target with precision is another plus. The hourly maintainance costs of the A-10 are 30% less than the F-16 which likely would translate to quicker and easier. The A-10 is so much better than the SU-25, it's no contest, because the A-10 can carry precision US ordnance and has the targeting and management systems for them.
The US does have F-15 strike eagles, which have been built with ground attack as a priority, and those would be awesome for Ukraine to get, but that isn't happening and the logistics would be impossible.
The A-10 is the one plane that the US Air Force got right, which is probably why they hate it so much.
Are you claiming that the EU expenditure figures for Belgium include it's own running costs? I don't think that is the case. On the overview tab they list EU public administration costs as a seperate entity at €10.9 billion while the expenditure to Belgium is €9.6. Ireland is a net contributor to the EU budget while Belgium is a net cost.
Yes they work great if you have air supriority,but without them they are just sitting ducks to russian SAM systems,manpads and airforce
And F16 can take out air defences in SEAD missions and russian fighter jets,A10 can not
F16 can take out ground targets from a very long distance using sniper pods with stand off weapons,a10 can not
Ukraine have still operational airfields,because Russia have only occupied 20% of the country,so i cant see the problem
The Sniper pod is combat proven on U.S. Air Force and international F-15E, F-16 (all blocks), B-1, A-10C, Harrier GR7/9 and CF-18 aircraft...and (on the A-10C in 2010
True about the HARM, but Ukraine managed to adapt the Mig-29 to carry and use them. I'm not sure which stand-off weapon the F-16 can use but the A-10 can't. Neither can currently use the GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb.
Look, we both want the same thing, so give them both :-) My preferred option would be to stop this nonsense and let Ukraine specify what it thinks would most suit it's needs and ask for that, instead of everyone else dictating to them what they should have.
Yes but also more expensive with both,f16 is multirole,a10 is not.
and F16 can use SDB
The SDB is currently integrated on the F-15E Strike Eagle, Panavia Tornado, JAS-39 Gripen, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and AC-130W.
Future integration is planned for the F-35 Lightning II, A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress and AC-130J.
Another thing f16 have is jammer pods,for better survivability,not sure if a10 have it
The A10 can pretty much do everything the F16 can including Air 2 Air they can be equipped with sidewinder missles for self defense against other aircraft and they are also equipped with the latest Sniper pod so they carry stand off weapons too ,
If they could negate the sams etc A10's would cause absolute chaos.
There is a bomb truck variant of the A10 being tested for the Army that can carry 16 Small diameter bombs at a time
I know,but thats part of the integration and testing to SDB i guess
And SDB needs altitude to be dropped,and i would rather sit in an f16 doing 2000 km/h when doing it then in a A10 doing 600 km/h
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