I thought it was ironic Russia has to use old North Korean ammunition stock, while Ukraine gets the newly made Iranian ammo.
We do need to convert Ukraine over to NATO though. It turns out our stuff is just better.
the wartechtubers have commented on this.
the big stuff(jets and tanks) are kind of in a long term vs short term quandary.
what Ukraine need right now are jas39 gripens (operation on highways, easy maintenance by conscripts) but the US has several 100's of f-16s available sitting in storage (100% compatibility with US weapons) but they need long finished runways and technical maintainers. same with the abrams but getting them across the ocean and the UKR crews trained means they probably wouldn't get there in time to be useful. that makes the leopards better, but how many does the EU have to spare?
(But yes, the sooner they are 100% nato gear and sead ready, the rus air defense becomes super irrelevant. wild weasels represent!)
good news is the soviet gifts keep on giving. UKR su-24's are being brought back into service. they got ~200 su-24 after the fall of the soviets. [indexed to time]
David Axe also goes into the ru 3rd army corp issues, also the UKR spec op usage of the navy boats/ribs we sent at the start.
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it seems the Finnish airforce F-18s have been practicing taking off, landing, and re-arming on highways without needing arrestor cables, so we could theoretically give Ukraine some F/A-18 or even the EF-18G.
boeing and their senators have been forcing hornets down the navy's throat these last few years, so there could be a deal to be made.