Fifteen EU and NATO countries have contributed more than EUR 1.6 billion (CZK 39.5 billion) to the Czech shells-for Ukraine initiative, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said at a joint press briefing with a group of EU leaders in Prague on Tuesday. The first tens of thousands of 155 mm calibre ammunition will arrive in Ukraine in the course of June, and the country can expect the first shipment in the next few days, the prime minister said.
It's great news, but the roll out has been painfully slow. I'm wondering if UKR pilots are getting some extra training in flying near areas with heavy AD.Belgium will supply Ukraine with 30 F-16A/B MLUs over the next four years as they receive their F-35As. Total commitments somewhere around 80-90 frames depending how many of the Norwegians are/can be made flightworthy.
https://www.rtl.be/actu/monde/inter...raison-des-premiers/2024-05-28/article/673340
It's great news, but the roll out has been painfully slow. I'm wondering if UKR pilots are getting some extra training in flying near areas with heavy AD.
NATO a bit more direct:
NATO chief wants to let Ukraine use Western-supplied missiles to strike inside Russia
Even before the comments, Western nations were engaged in a fierce debate over whether to let Ukraine use NATO-supplied missiles for strikes inside Russian territory.
Excellent. I hope they line them all in one place for a quick kill.Russia alleged to be prepping up to 200-300k extra troops.
All riding to battle in Chinese golf carts and augmented by not one, but two T-55s.Russia alleged to be prepping up to 200-300k extra troops.
@Young Grasshopper is this Putins secret good army?Russia alleged to be prepping up to 200-300k extra troops.
The sad thing is possibly a million people will be killed or maimed all because of one genocidal midget.
Russia's 2022 invasion force was 200k.I mean, 200-300k troops? Is this really something Putin delayed for the fake elections that never happen there? It makes no sense. He could have mobilized them earlier, because he's only ever going to toss them into bullet walls...so why didn't this happen 2-3 months ago when they....
Running out of people was never going to be the problem. Ukraine will never run out of people either. What countries run out of is money, equipment, or internal stability.Russia's 2022 invasion force was 200k.
Last I heard, despite 500k casualties, Russia still maintained over 600k troops in Ukraine.
That's a growth from 0.2 to 1.1 million over the past two years.
Russia has been non-stop mobilizing for expanding the war. It's just they stopped promoting it on their media, and slowed it down to a pace that they feel comfortable absorbing. It is wave after wave until Ukraine breaks and NATO has to step in.
Not just Wild Weasel, but attacks on enemy infrastructure using techniques to get past AD, flight paths that take advantage of radar gaps, EW, knowing the limits of the flight envelopes of the missile systems. Tough stuff to do, the Israeli AF led the way on some of this stuff, most recently, in Syria.I'm sure they are being trained for Wild Weasel missions.
Considering the number of aircraft now committed it is unlikely Ukraine pursues additional models at this time. It's going to take them several years to absorb these. I assume they will focus on trying to get upgrade packages and a wider range of munitions instead.
Not just Wild Weasel, but attacks on enemy infrastructure using techniques to get past AD, flight paths that take advantage of radar gaps, EW, knowing the limits of the flight envelopes of the missile systems. Tough stuff to do, the Israeli AF led the way on some of this stuff, most recently, in Syria.
You really need to read the history of the US Air Force in Vietnam.Not just Wild Weasel, but attacks on enemy infrastructure using techniques to get past AD, flight paths that take advantage of radar gaps, EW, knowing the limits of the flight envelopes of the missile systems. Tough stuff to do, the Israeli AF led the way on some of this stuff, most recently, in Syria.
Whenever a regime stops publishing data it's always a sign that absolutely nothing is wrong that embarrasses said regime.
Not wild weasel missions. Their action around Syrian (Russian) AD. And not just with the F-35s.Nope, the originators of both Wild Weasel missions and contested air space infiltration in the jet age was led by the USAF, back in the 60s.
The IAF is an extremely well trained and effective group of pilots, don't get me wrong, but it owes a lot of it's current success to American F-35s. Adirs make things decidedly less tough.
Nah, just a communication error.You really need to read the history of the US Air Force in Vietnam.