It seems that Ukraine has received gliding bombs from US and these are being used in the front. These have been a major Ruzzian advantage and Ukraine does not have a good answer to them (likely to change when some f16 arrive). There are being used to soften fortifications and cause chaos before the meatwaves.
It is interesting how Ukraine may be able to use this strategy. Again my guess, they are going to have f16s on patrol well behind the front and use HARM (some have a range of 150 km) to destroy any radar that lights up and use the old soviet planes to throw glide bombs. It may perfectly work.
Has Ruzzia claimed the "attack" or are you making it up? In any case, it is good that Europe understand the true intentions of Putin, it will help people understand that we cannot longer hope for peace instead of creating deterrence. Who knows, Germany may clean the dust from their old files on how to create nukes.
Curiously, from friendly phone talks, Macron is now voicing out the possibility of sending troops to Ruzzia, which is likely to happen if some hybrid attack happens in France. What is certain is that the AASM 250 & 1000KG French glide bombs have been used near Krinky. These demolished some drone operator buildings in one hit.
Edited: It seems that a SU25 got shot down.
Let's ignore the range of Russia's S-300 and S-400, and Russian air-to-air R-37 missile. Let's not listen how everyone is saying that F16s
don't have a fighting chance given Russia's air-defense systems. and how
Much-vaunted US-supplied glide bombs given to Ukraine didnt work, the Pentagon has admitted. and that
Russian forces have hit on a cheap way to foil US precision weapons in Ukraine, The new weapon, rapidly delivered to Ukraine, has repeatedly failed in combat, a US official said. or the fact that US won't even allow Ukraine to use F16 to hit SAMs or aircraft inside Belarus or Russia
US Doesn't Support Ukraine Using American Weapons in Russia: Ambassador. We all totally believe you that few old fourth generation fighters will defeat all Russian SAMs and 4th and 5th gen fighters. Perhaps it's time to realize that this is beyond some silly pride and admitting being wrong, and to stop senseless losses you should follow the Ukrainian command and start pivoting towards negotiation (
Ukraine peace talks alternative to inevitable battlefield defeat, says senior general) instead of peddling yet another "game changer" weapon
Take a break put emotions aside, and give it a thought, that's all i'm saying.
I am sure that Ruzzian people and pilots feel very comforted by you precision-targeting words. And I am sure the ground forces are very happy that the gilding bombs "do not work". We may be seeing a few videos of Ukrainian glide bombs "not working" along the next months.
https://youtu.be/7KGEkYhw1pA?t=94 However:
1. There is abundant photographic evidence of S400 & S300 being destroyed by ATACAMS - curiously, one of the threat they are supposed to destroy.
2. The good thing about F16 is that they are linked with the NATO systems. AWACS, satellites and nearly every mean of detection out there can provide the target and the F16 can send "a present" to the Ruzzia Air-defence forces beyond their range. Oh, you can of course bring the S300 closer to the front, that would be a great idea... what could go wrong?
As usual, your hand picked set of articles tends to ignore some facts replacing them with "opinions". Most of you previous links had also opinions that never materialised in facts so... same old same old.
But it does not matter for the troops, they are the ones on the receiving end. There is a strategy in place, supplies and the will to carry it out. Not bad for "loosing".
You're desperately continue trying to pass an exceptions for a rule, despite even pentagon admitting otherwise, so you're arguing with their assessment too now? Well, that should be all the evidence anyone needs to come to my conclusion. just don't question about its success rate, how many didn't make it, or how many new units the other side brought online since the start.
But often, we just dont get the weapons systems at the time we need them they come when theyre no longer relevant, another senior officer said, citing the F-16 fighter jets as an example. A dozen or so F-16s are expected to be operational this summer, after basic pilot training has been completed. Every weapon has its own right time. F-16s were needed in 2023; they wont be right for 2024, he said.
And thats because, according to this officer, Russia is ready to counter them: In the last few months, we started to notice missiles being fired by the Russians from Dzhankoy in northern Crimea, but without the explosive warheads. We couldnt understand what they were doing, and then we figured it out: Theyre range-finding, he said. The officer explained that Russias been calculating where best to deploy its S-400 missile and radar systems in order to maximize the area they can cover to target the F-16s, keeping them away from the front lines and Russias logistical hubs.
One former F-16 pilot told Insider he wouldn't want to fly missions over Ukraine right now, saying that the aircraft can't outmatch Russia's air-defense systems.
Fourth-generation fighters "have no business in a modern-day battlefield," John Venable, a 25-year veteran of the US Air Force, told Insider in a recent interview.
But do tell us how you know better than just some opinion of an actual F-16 pilot, just make sure not to cite anything, because you know we all totally believe you
