Just in time for companies demand people start coming into work again.
Again, NATO isn't at war with Russia. So as horrific and insane as Putin launching a nuke at Kyiv would be, why would our guaranteed response be MAD? Like rommelrommel suggested, even a nuclear response could be proportionate, and perhaps not escalate any further.I just don't see how any response wouldn't end up at MAD, except for no response.
MAD wouldn't end humanity, it would just make living horrible (by modern standards) for a very long time.
I don't think you or I need to worry about that. A nuclear war with Russia guarantees that the major population centers we live in would be unlivable.I'm not sure I wouldn't prefer death to living on earth after the nuclear arsenals of the USA and Russia were significantly unleashed. Also, not sure I want to live on an earth held hostage to the threat of nuclear annihilation. So, I say call the motherfucker's bluff: NFZ over Ukraine.
Be careful of trusting Poland considering some of the issues there recently. They could flip to Vlad fairly easily.
Yes because we can't give the Ukrainians our F15/16's because they don't know how to fly them and are a little busy right now to go through the training.
I have an awful feeling that we are going to be pulled into this as well. We just banned Russian oil, and the kicker? We are supplying Jets to Ukraine. How can that not be an act of war on Russia? And, if this means WW3 than Biden needs to be honest with the American public. This is going to hurt most Americans also. Gas is projected to hit $7 a gallon by May. Groceries are going to double. Most Americans were living paycheck to paycheck before the war. And now? The dollar is going to devalue. Record unemployment. We are easily headed towards a recession. Maybe even a global depression. Its going to get very bad.
For once, I agree with Tucker. WW3 is on the horizon. Fasten your seltbelt boys and girls. Its going to be an awfully bumpy ride.
I think a lot of companies are going to do Hybrid. Apple being the most obvious public example.Not sure of the national status of this, but here in Silicon Valley the telecommuting seems to be a permanent thing for many tech firms. Because of that, office space is getting cheaper to rent as there are lots of vacancies.
Ideally we should rezone and convert some of this office space to housing. In which case we get the environmental and time benefits of less traffic, and new housing as well. I like that idea as the NIMBY's can't complain on environmental grounds. They'd have to just admit to being self-interested aholes.
Not the way I meant it. Interesting from the "why didn't Poland just give them to Ukraine themselves?" standpoint. Then have US backfill Poland as a separate transaction.
The way they're doing this makes it look like the US is directly supplying MAJOR hardware to Ukraine.
Different considerations (on the Moscow side) entirely in each of those scenarios. Have to think they believe this way means less of a direct threat of retaliation as RU might be more hesitant to lash out at US vs Poland. Gamble either way IMO.
Again, NATO isn't at war with Russia. So as horrific and insane as Putin launching a nuke at Kyiv would be, why would our guaranteed response be MAD? Like rommelrommel suggested, even a nuclear response could be proportionate, and perhaps not escalate any further.
I agree with you that if our response was to fire a nuke at Moscow (or any major Russian city), then we've doomed ourselves and most of the world to a nuclear holocaust.
I don't think you or I need to worry about that. A nuclear war with Russia guarantees that the major population centers we live in would be unlivable.
Well he just said they have Netflix so they don't have to storyboard Tiger King while cruising for Ukrainian chicks.So, I’m guessing the instrumentation and weapons on Poland’s MIGs are just a tad superior to handwritten coordinates, dumb bombs, and civilian radios.
Well we've been supplying weaponry to Ukraine for years now. And we supplied weaponry to the Mujhadeen in Afghanistan, after Russia (USSR) had supplied weapons to the Viet Minh. And then Russia supplied weapons and other support to the Taliban. This has been our relationship with Russia since WWII. We don't fight each other. We supply weapons to each others enemies.
I'm sure Putin doesn't like us supplying Ukraine with Polish MIGS, but then again they already knew we would do that, or something like it, before invading. Because those are the unwritten rules which have been around for a long time. I don't see it as much of a gamble on our part.
The ones from the Czechs were serviceable and received a bunch of equipment to work with NATA\Western environments. The German Migs were...."rustic?"
They got some work done and the Israelis installed Netflix in them but from what I recall, Poland was planning to retire the entire fleet in 2025.
Slight correction, Ramstein is a NATO base, not a US base.While true, those are all (stingers to Afghan militia, etc.) of a much smaller degree than a fleet of modern-ish fighters during the middle of open conflict that apparently will be flown out of a major US base (Ramstein) in theater.
I expect Russian forces to close the vice on sieged cities.Yeah, I think it's in our advantage politically to be slow to build up/react on our end and not seen to be the aggressor.
Global opinion and support for sanctions, anti-Russian sentiment is more critical at this point rather to increase military readiness for a counteroffensive.
We can quickly bring overwhelming force to bear if we want to, as the fecklessness of the Russian offensive lays this bare.
The only credible threat they do pose is murder-suicide by a nuclear exchange.
We will absolutely win a proxy war of attrition in Ukraine over the long term. Unfortunately this is bloody for the Ukrainians, but so are the alternatives. Protracted bloodletting of the Russian economy, military and support for Putin is the least worst option.
Slight correction, Ramstein is a NATO base, not a US base.
Wait, the Israelis installed what? Did the Poles want to catch up on episodes of "Orange is the New Black" and "Stranger Things" during dogfights?
The modernization included the implementation of modern avionics, advanced mission computers and a NATO compatible communication suite.
blah dee blah de blah blah blah
avionics suite is equipped with a MILStd-1533B data bus, mission computer which facilitates mission planning and post-flight analysis.
However, the change which was the most visible is the new data visualization system, consisting of a 5”x4” MFD and modern HUD display in the cockpit.
Well, US AFB but a NATO installation. It's an oddball.Negative ghostrider ... it's a US AFB.