While maybe western capacity to train pilots is limited the number of Ukrainians who can utilize the training is also limited, or at least was until recently. Every Ukrainian pilot needs to learn English before they can be trained.Justin Bronk of rusi on f-16 in UKR.
the dutch donated f-16 have the upgraded radar of the f-16c/d and missile approach detection/auto-countermeasures pylons. running aim-120b and aim-9m, but capable of 120c and 9x. they are also prepping the systems to be able to use jassm if authorization comes.
the west has lost a lot of its ability to train combat pilots, so there will be a long slow buildup of pilots before they can make a big push.
I just realized it was you.Is this satire? What happened to you?
Justin Bronk of rusi on f-16 in UKR.
the dutch donated f-16 have the upgraded radar of the f-16c/d and missile approach detection/auto-countermeasures pylons. running aim-120b and aim-9m, but capable of 120c and 9x. they are also prepping the systems to be able to use jassm if authorization comes.
the west has lost a lot of its ability to train combat pilots, so there will be a long slow buildup of pilots before they can make a big push.
Every Ukrainian pilot needs to learn English before they can be trained.
What movies were their kids/teenagers watching???I would not be surprised to see the Ukrainian government implement compulsory English classes in their education system at some point in the future.
What movies were their kids/teenagers watching???
I would think that a country that didn't really like Russia and was partial to the West, would already have Hollywood movies and TV series running on their entertainment channels.
Unless, they watched dubbed crap. In that case, EXPENSIVE mistake.
Bud it is a matter of time transition. They were extremely russian friendly up to some point in 2014. That's only 10 years ago. I mean really.... Further even after the events of 2014 there was a lot of close personal connections at the family level with families being split between Russia and Ukraine.What movies were their kids/teenagers watching???
I would think that a country that didn't really like Russia and was partial to the West, would already have Hollywood movies and TV series running on their entertainment channels.
Unless, they watched dubbed crap. In that case, EXPENSIVE mistake.
War is shitty and i think a lot of posters forget that; I also think one of the Russians target so many civilians is to encourage Ukraine to settle for less to stop the killing. Russia is a heartless entity and I hope sanctions et all continue way after the war ends and in the end Putin et all suffer a fate worse than death.A Combat Medic’s Quest to Change Tributes to Fallen Soldiers
Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed on the front line in Ukraine, wanted to humanize the way Kyiv commemorated the war dead. She also left notes for her own funeral.www.nytimes.com
A story about how the war is changing Ukraine in some ways.
First of all would be needed a change in alphabet if they want to break from the russian world. That would signal a deeper change.Bud it is a matter of time transition. They were extremely russian friendly up to some point in 2014. That's only 10 years ago. I mean really.... Further even after the events of 2014 there was a lot of close personal connections at the family level with families being split between Russia and Ukraine.
Obviously the past 2 years has changed a lot but you can't expect a complete culture change (not just language but other aspects of lives) in 2 years.
A lot of educated people are learning english (esp in tech area) for years but *lot* is a relatively small number of the larger population - worse in the military all the equipment was Russian who knew they would get a huge influx of western equipment in 2020 ?
I have a feeling the bridge is next.
That would be a positive thing. I'd like to see the chancellor trying to avoid escalation with Russia afterwards 😁Russia planning to strike critical infrastructure in Germany.
Russian drones "Orlan-10" were "circling" over the German nuclear power plantOn August 8, in the industrial zone of Schleswig-Holstein, drones flew at high speed over the territory of the stopped nuclear power plant, LNG terminal and chemical plants.
Heh - don't know mate.So, they going to put a bunch of troops and equipment all in a nice line for stuff to blow them up?
Heh - don't know mate.
A tinfoil thought occurred to me... Budanov have said that there is a Russian General in the field of Ukraine that is anti-Putin. What if Ukraine initiated the Kursk operation as a way to have significant Russian forces move into Russia under the control of this General? Who would then proceed to follow the main two highways from Kursk to Moscow...
Just a tinfoil thought
Its only david D that is reporting this news atm... ie massive troop movements out of Ukraine and into Kursk. So maybe he is wrong. But its a nice thought that something might be happened that will at last be evidence that the end might be coming.Considering how Putin is just as paranoid as any oligarch would be about their personal safety issues, it'd be really difficult to pry him out of whatever nuke proof bunker he's always within ten steps, a bounce and a dive from. But yeah, wouldn't that be nice. I'm thinking a general draft of all of those spoiled brats living off of their apparatchik parents in the cities would be a great time to kick-off a Russian style coup against Putie.