Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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rommelrommel

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Don't the Aussies have a few?

Mind you that they are F18 A/B, and that Canada already bought 20ish that were supposedly the pick of the lot and still in pretty bad shape, but yes they have about 40 of them.

Spares are a problem all around for these planes and Canada mainly bought them to scavenge for parts to keep our own ancient F18’s going till F35 arrives.

I don’t doubt Ukrainian ability to adapt and make the best of things, but I’d rather give them more F16 since spares are not an issue.
 
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K1052

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I saw a blurb that Canada will supply Ukraine with AIM-9 missiles. Presumably these are for their forthcoming F-16s though if they are AIM-9X the NASAMS 3 systems can fire them too.
 
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Jimminy

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I saw a blurb that Canada will supply Ukraine with AIM-9 missiles. Presumably these are for their forthcoming F-16s though if they are AIM-9X the NASAMS 3 systems can fire them too.
Don't we have any old F-15's left? I never see them mentioned, but in their day, you could raise a lot of hell with a fully armed F-15.
 
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[DHT]Osiris

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The number of soldiers who died between 1861 and 1865, generally estimated at 620,000, is approximately equal to the total of American fatalities in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, combined.
That's a lot of people. The fact that RU has lost a third and is creeping toward half, trying to take a former USSR state the size of new england is just .. I don't think I have words.
 
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Jimminy

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That's a lot of people. The fact that RU has lost a third and is creeping toward half, trying to take a former USSR state the size of new england is just .. I don't think I have words.
Still nothing compared to their dead in WWII, And they didn't even have Pootin back them.
 

gorobei

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The Aussies have ones that are super high hours. But from what I've read they're the heavy duty carrier variants that never saw a ship. So perhaps they're good for more than the "official" limit.
unfortunately the f-18 even when landing on inland runways have to more or less slam into the ground like they are on a ship, it is just the way the system is setup since if you miss the cables the landing gear is designed to bounce you back up into the air so you can keep flying and make another pass.
 
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Zor Prime

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Russia has begun moving nukes to Belarus which makes Belarus a porcupine nation. Makes the option of Belarus getting involved slightly more realistic. Hopefully not, but it's inching closer to that direction.
 
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K1052

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Lol. Does China not realize the primary reason Europe is supporting Ukraine is because they think they will be next?

Like I naturally assume that China is going to take Russian interests first but going to the Euros and proposing this is pretty embarrassing and not something that's going to make them take you more seriously overall.

Sort of seems like the Chinese realize that closer US/Euro (and increasingly Asian) cooperation and massive rearmament is bad for them and they thought maybe by asking nicely they could get it to stop?
 

fskimospy

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Like I naturally assume that China is going to take Russian interests first but going to the Euros and proposing this is pretty embarrassing and not something that's going to make them take you more seriously overall.

Sort of seems like the Chinese realize that closer US/Euro (and increasingly Asian) cooperation and massive rearmament is bad for them and they thought maybe by asking nicely they could get it to stop?
I think China would prefer Europe to normalize acceptance of military conquest for obvious reasons. Taiwan really lucked out in some ways here as not only will they be more militarily prepared but China is now acutely aware of how these operations can go sideways.
 

K1052

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I think China would prefer Europe to normalize acceptance of military conquest for obvious reasons. Taiwan really lucked out in some ways here as not only will they be more militarily prepared but China is now acutely aware of how these operations can go sideways.

Yeah I think Xi is probably looking at least a tad more skeptically at the generals who say they can take Taiwan no problem these days.
 

K1052

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Sounds like Ukraine is buying more IRIS-T SLM systems. The Germans have pledged eight already but as ex-Soviet systems get depleted they're going to need a pipeline of new air defense capability.

They'll surely be interested in SLX when it becomes available that will double the range of the systems which are already paired with the extremely capable TRML-4D radar.

 

brycejones

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Click through to see a Russian interview in front of a building that got GMLRS'd catch another wave of rockets in the middle of the interview lol.

Russia: We are intercepting GMLRS.

Also Russia: Holy fucking shit run from GMLRS.

So much for free speech Elon

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