Gerasimov? When did you get a redcaf account?Thanks guys.How does decoy work, you send cheaper and smaller missiles to overhelm radar so the real thing can go through?
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Or it is Shoiguuu
The ghost of Kadyrov
He ded?
You say yourself a major improvement that the jets will have. Air to air is not just jet vs jet but also defense against cruise missiles ( that patrolling F16s can do while Ukrainian planes can not).
In terms of front line benefit, I don't think there is an aircraft that has more weapons integration then the F16. The World of all US made air lunched weapons is open with the F16. You think a few Storm Shadow/ Scalp missiles are a major problem for the orcs? Almost everything the US is making is integrated to the F16 and you can be sure they will come.
Why do you think the US was hesitant about the F16? It was not the F35 with super secret stealth or Eurofighter with mega advanced avionics and EW. The US was reluctant because the F16 means opening the way for a very large box of weapon systems: long range AA, cruise missiles, anti radiation missiles, etc.
The F-16 is able to connect with almost all western ground attack munitions, this means that the pilot can input target cordinates while in the air, this will be a major advantage compared to how things are now with target cordinates having to be inputed on the ground before take off. With the F-16's the lead time for air strikes will go down a lot.
Thanks guys.
You’d probably send lots, the cheapest at first, at different speeds, from different angles, aimed at different points around Crimea . Get the defenders to fire their already loaded missiles and thus need to reload (I’m assuming that is a thing). Keep it going for a few hours overnight and you have a group of very tired, confused air defence operatives who aren’t mentally or physically ready for the main course.
All true, I probably should rephrase a bit: the F16 will be an improvement because it is a better system using better and more armament.
But the state of Russian air defense doesn't matter, it will be a benefit no matter how good or bad this works.
I may be oversensitive but I saw many people suggest that the current strikes against AD are to prepare for the arrival of F16s, and that is just not the case. Ukraine is doing it because they right now have the means to do deep strikes to strategic targets, not to prepare for something that is still months away.
For sure not (the bold part). F16s are still a long way away. Nothing that is happening today is about new jets. What Ukraine is doing now is mostly for the counter offensive.
I guess that a potential effect of the F16 for today might be to create a bit of panic within the orcs organization. Something like if we (Ukraine) are able to attack your positions, including Crimea, then how do you feel about we improving on these 10 times over when the new jets come? It has a demoralizing effect for sure.
But yes I agree, the question of new jets is for the future. The immediate effect is in terms of making Saruman feel like the ring in closer and closer to the lava.
Personally, I'm bored of the atacms conversation, nothing has changed on it in well over a year. Just let me know if any ever turn up.
edit: multiple outlets now reporting a small number will be supplied. Zelensky working his ass off over there I guess.
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Hope the paper’s building is only one story.
Pending confirmation
I think Russian officials might expedite remote working by now. взлететь must be soaring
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Can’t wait for Solovyov’s take on this
Here you go mate:
"We need to nuke everything and everyone" followed by angry noises.
It’s not the same without his interchanging bouts of misery and anger
Great interview with Budanov.
relentless.
This is the guy who apparently died on those strikes on Russian Naval HQ
Bugger, can’t seem to post link.
https://news.yahoo.com/black-sea-fl...qnX-I-PJkoHwoE7Xyg-JUexX0uJ6LCbpNe0Q0xJ-oI-9r
If Sokolov is dead, that would mean one major piece of trash less to worry about. Good riddance.
Only Putin can turn a previously predominantly pro-Russia population into welcoming a Ukrainian invasion to reclaim Crimea.
Hitler did it too, though he turned it the other way around. In Ukraine too, come to think of it.
Good point.
Further clarification from Hersh's source:
"The pineapple has tap-danced on its cosmic rubber ducky. If it persists, the intergalactic pancake will reveal the secret location of the invisible accordion, nestled inside a juggling flamingo's pocket dimension. This performance is executed while wearing a tutu made of spaghetti, and even a rainbow-colored ostrich gets it, but doesn't sprout a mustache made of marshmallow whiskers."