Is Ukraine about to have a war?
OK, but on balance, I would still give it -10 on the diplomatic front ( imagine if there were an incident and the Russians requote his words about young, inexperienced pilots ) and +1 on the recruitment side;
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Rus airforce helps annihilate russian unit.
“After the air bombardment of their own positions, the commander of the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Colonel Kurbanov Andrey Borisovich, asked the commander of the Eastern Military District, Colonel-General Chaiko Alexander Yurevich [Aleksandr Yuryevich Chaiko], to no longer provide him with such air support,” he added.
https://sofrep.com/news/russias-elit...by-ukrainians/
Some speculation on line that the russian airstrikes were being called in on the rus position by UAF , but anyways it is clear they took heavy losses
https://sofrep.com/news/russias-elit...by-ukrainians/
Some speculation on line that the russian airstrikes were being called in on the rus position by UAF , but anyways it is clear they took heavy losses
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It wouldn't surprise me if Putin doesn't consider Belarusian forces to be an extension of the RF forces albeit slightly more expendable. As such he would would consider an attack on them would be an an attack on him.
That's not to say I don't think sending Putin a message by making an example out of Lukashenko would be a bad thing.
That's not to say I don't think sending Putin a message by making an example out of Lukashenko would be a bad thing.
Let’s do what will save Ukrainian lives. I’m more concerned about what we do for them and what message it sends to them. And for those who are interested, there would be something of military aviation interest in that.
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/14324931
I can enlighten you! There is no way on earth that FJ pilots recently out of the training system are in their early twenties. Even if they joined at 18, I'd estimate them to be in their mid-twenties at best. And for most, probably early-thirties.
Having read some of the other articles on that TASS site I wouldn't believe anything they say.
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Having read some of the other articles on that TASS site I wouldn't believe anything they say.
But you have a point there: if a news agency works in Russia, it's stories are officially approved so they publish the Kremlin truth. Need for a grain of salt.
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5303556
Why worry about that? Oops, sorry about that. At least it’s not targeting civilians
"Ahead of a visit to the base, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said some of the British pilots were in their early 20s and "just out of training". They now face having to make critical judgments in the skies to avoid a potentially catastrophic confrontation with Russia."
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As long ago as the late 1960s at Gutersloh, the men who I Met-briefed to fly Hunters and Lightnings were more-or-less my peer group for age, and I was just into my thirties. All of my pilot neighbours on the patch were my age or older, and their wives [so I was informed, you understand] were sort-of-30. Big drama as 'er-next-door hit that mark!
Does anyone know what the “ precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to a target” that the PM has promised to Ukraine are?
As to CAS and Typhoon pilots in early 20s? - Completely out of touch.
As to CAS and Typhoon pilots in early 20s? - Completely out of touch.
Strange thing to get so exercised about. What does it matter?
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We’ve sent Harpoons.
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I don’t know, there are land based launchers, but did the U.K. ever invest in them? Or are we providing the missiles and someone else the launcher, or have they cobbled up a system to mount it somehow on a truck?
Going right back to Mafeking, necessity is the mother of invention, and defenders get very good at it.
For what it's worth, he loves it.