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Belgorod again

You’re gas.

the article you cited doesn’t specify a U.S. official but that’s what you’re citing.

@Overheal a retired officer is not by definition an official, so they are unclear on what they're citing.

What's so funny.

You claimed about corroborated document was proof to back up your claim, that document was a yahoo post which by stretch of the imagination is a corroborated document to back up your claim

You cited an article about Bahrain receiving their new F16s which the deal was negotiated and signed in 2018 and how many years later before they received the first delivery,

That should actually help you,

Nobody claimed that F16s couldn't be exported to non Nato members, Egypt, Israel,Japan , south Korea, all have them moot point, that was never brought up

But no you went the route oh what would he know he's retired,

He knows a hell of a more about it than you, me or anyone else on this thread does ....

So how many weeks are you willing to stick a claim on .....

You still need everything in place all of the training not just of pilots, ground crews , maintainers ,all of the infrastructure, maintaining facilities,all of the above has to take place first and foremost, doesn't matter what the population size is ,

It 31 Abrams tanks are taking over 12 +months to arrive,. explain how 50 F16s is only going to take weeks

This thread is becoming unreadable because of the back and forth BS of 2 or 3 posters any chance the mods can do a reset and ban the offenders?

It’s one poster, and I don’t blame those challenging him otherwise it becomes his personal bs show. We have lost a few really good posters here because of him.

Anything more on those Norwegian F16s that you were talking about???

I know it’s probably a stupid idea but surely something can be built to put around equipment to try help limit the damage from drones, like a cage for example?

Some kind of cope cage perhaps?

The problem with these fixed nets and cages is it is immobile.

For AA and artillery that are often moved around its not the most practical to have nets and cages surrounding in every direction.

They could have nets etc in a few different locations like fixed emplacements for vehicles to drive into, but then those positions become very easy to look for and the locations of SPGs, HIMARs and mobile AA becomes predictable.

No ...its based on the officers who actually assessed the Ukranian pilots ... not some old chap from the UK

Please do try and keep up.

Not just Bucha

Yes for another 10 days,

More details on the supply of F16s to Ukraine in the article linked below that I can't read. A reported translation says it details how 45 F16s will be sent to Ukraine from Denmark and Holland after upgrade work on them is completed in spite of claims by a poster here on boards that F16s going to Ukraine was never going to happen any time soon:

"Ukraine will receive a total of 45 F-16 fighters, which, after modernization, will be provided by the Netherlands and Denmark.

Soon, Ukraine will immediately receive four squadrons of F-16 fighters, which will be transferred to the Ukrainian Air Force by Holland and Denmark. This was announced on his page on the social network Twitter by an Israeli military expert who writes online under the nickname The Crisis Watch. According to incoming information, Ukraine will receive a total of 45 fighters , which will replace the MiG-29s lost in the first months of the war.

The expert stressed that before being sent to Ukraine, the fighters will undergo a deep modernization in Belgium, which will be carried out by the British aerospace company SABCA.

"I have been informed that 45 ex-Danish and Dutch F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon fighters will be delivered to the Ukrainian Air Force as a replacement for the MiG-29s lost during the war with the Russian Federation. Aerospace company SABCA in Belgium will overhaul and modernize the aircraft before delivery" , - noted in the message.

At the same time, the speaker of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ignat, also made a statement about the number of F-16s that will be handed over to Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine will receive a large batch of aircraft.

"No one will transfer F-16s to Ukraine one by one. They will be transferred by units. An aviation unit is a squadron, in our version it is 12+ aircraft. Western partners have a squadron - this is more, there are up to 18 aircraft. Several dozen aircraft can be transferred to Ukraine to start with to solve current problems ," he said."