Probably will catch a few Russian jet's out when they first arrive with long range missiles but Russians will just launch their attacks from further back. That's a good thing though.
They'll probably also have success hitting Russian logistics hubs within Ukraine. It won't change the war massively but it's another necessary advantage Ukraine should have.
Sounds like it's more of the same. They'll have the quality now they just need quantity. The continued training of Ukrainian soldier's in Western countries will be a massive help also.
Apparently, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands will have excess F-16s as they are being replaced by the newer F-35.
Interesting Royal United Services Institute report on evolving Russian tactics
https://static.rusi.org/403-SR-Russian-Tactics-web-final.pdf
Depends on what goodies are supplied with them. If they were given long range AA missiles and the long range ARM missiles, they would be very potent in taking out Russian AA sites. Existing MIG jets can launch the decoy cruise missiles, followed by storm shadow ones. The decoys cause the SAM site to light up, F16's launch the long range ARM missiles and take out the SAM radar. It means the storm shadow's have a better chance of hitting their target.
No point giving Ukraine modern jets if they are limited with their use or hamstrung and need to resort to risky tactics.
There was no explosion because those missiles are not in Ukraine, right @Gatling
Posted this for giggles.
1,600 Ukrainians dead in the last 24 hours.
This guy was an advisor to Trump, and according to his video history was interviewed by Donald Trump Jr in the last week.
And I though @Gatling's 200k/150k ratio was absurd!
But the comments on the video are comical.
Hmm... "Muslim immigrants are turning Europe into an Islamic State" "George Soros financing immigrants" foxbot Macgregor.. Nahh, pass on the video.
FWIW, Trump also had Mike Qanon Flynn, another general, as an advisor. Saying someone was a Trump advisor shouldn't be an automatic disqualification but it does warrant closer inspection.
‘The collision of the willing ‘ is playing an absolute blinder in this war and it is playing Putin like a finely tuned stradavorus and nobody on here has spotted what’s really going on . In all of this the sole objective of the willing is for UKr to win the war ie that Russia withdraws its horns and not have the ability to ever attack any country again - including cyber attacks, cutting supply cables, etc.
The same is the case no matter what third world country you go to - and there does not have to be a war to bring out this type to skill
Zelenskyy at the Hiroshima G7 summit, will meet with Biden:
So are the F16s a go, or it still all up in the air (excuse the pun)
Pretty sure many people on this thread alone have talked about the West using this war as an opportunity to bleed Russia militarily and render it a spent force. It's been a talking point for months. They were on Sky News the other night talking about how the US is spending 5 percent of its annual defence budget and getting to destroy the army of one of its long-standing rivals in return. A good investment from the American perspective, at least, if not the collective west.
I agree with you, but it's not really an insight at this stage.
Yeah Russia has been effectively defanged and declawed for a generation.
@AerLingus747
Ukrainian pilots wouldn't be working from scratch either. The conversion training taken on by Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian (Slovak?)pilots is actually a 6 month program to get to advanced level with the F-16. They are usually in the US though on and off for over a year, as the USAF warm them up on T-6's and T-38's before entering the 6 month F-16 program.
Earlier this week, I heard one well-qualified commentator on this subject remark that most (if not all) of the Ukrainian pilots going for such training would each have more real-world combat flight experience than any of their instructors. Separately, Denis Davydov outlined in a video today the proposed programme - four stages that start with English language lessons and end with line training.
As with other wars it may be the peace after that needs to be won.
Will there be a power vacuum to be filled as Russia's influence declines?
They may decide to erect statues of Putin et al across the region as a monument to bile , crass stupidity and greed.
Is it possible some pilots have already been trained and similar to when its announced new equipment will be sent to Ukraine, its actually already there.
Could we wake up one morning soon to find F16s already in action?
You left out the ‘s’ . Russia must never be allowed to create such havoc EVER AGAIN or anything even close to it
To quote a contrarian on here who loves to say “yet some on here say”
Anyway
The huge issue here is that Russia along with Iran and China, with Syria, Turkey and others behind were trying to form an alternative World order, led by authoritarian leaders.
Crushing Russia will change all this.
Norway and the Dutch already have, but have them already being eyed up (gone in some cases) by the Bulgarian, Romanian, Columbian airforces, with Draken taking a share also...
Danes are holding onto theirs past the initial 2024 retirement due to the increased threat in the Baltics
video gone, that's unlike Russian propaganda to take it down, must have been found out as bollox
No it doesn't need a war. War interferes with it in a negative way. In the absence of choice it becomes a way of life, no off the shelf replacement part? Mend the broken part. Something here in the affluent western society we have lost. In Syria ( amongst other places) I've seen 12-13 year-olds working in trades, serving their time. By the time they are in their 20's, they're experts. A common denominator in all these Countrys is the fact that if you don't work, you don't eat, so learning a trade or other livelihood is essential to live.
From your own article HiMars with GLSDBs are the likely choice in this case as has been happening since late January.
Reports saying Mariupol airport has been attacked.
And none of the above has said that they are willing to send their F16s we had this previously with f18s for some reason
That's probably the first admission that AES 256 is crackable in real time by government agencies...
It's always been suspected, but will be interesting what disseminates out of this down to research and amateur level.
Brute force on it supposedly takes millions of years, obviously an issue with the algorithm, or they're getting fed the keys ( or capturing keys from radios)
Given Russia's reported tendency towards friendly fire, I'm going to need some confirmation on who's doing the shooting.
What confuses me is why there are still civilians in Bakhmut.
Sky news was there interviewimg people about the bombings.
Why not evacuate the city, let the Russians swarm in an then blitz the hell out of the place.
They refuse to leave , there's been Soldiers and volunteers getting killed trying to get supplies to people who refuse to go , especially old people or farmers who have no where else to go this is their homes and lives ,
But it's other who are then put at risk to help them,
But this is something you see else where during natural disasters such as flooding and fires being told to evacuate but some try to stick it out,
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