Go ask the Germans what its like to sit back and have 10 shells rain down on you and you're only able to throw back 2-4 in return. Sooner or later your side breaks and runs.
Not the angle of, Ukraine starts a 4-6month campaign to hammer as many Russian airbases as possible so that when the F16 arrive late summer that the Ukrainians will go for localized air to air superiority when they try to drive a wedge to the Sea?
100% true statement.
Sadly, the question has to be asked. Have we ever even attempted to do this over the last 40 odd years?
Is the closest that we've come to doing something like this is the buying of the spare/cancelled VH-71's for the CH-149's? But all that really did was not increase the...
The 88 won't be enough. It simply comes down to math, time and being Canadian. We originally purchased 138 of them (CF-18's) and we are basically down to around 65 that can operate in a potential warzone.- not sure if this number includes or doesn't include the Aussie purchases.
So from 1982...
Question:
What would Ukraine gain from working with Moldova and taking out Transnistria? That major ammo dump could be a juicy prize of possible 122 and 152 arty rounds, along with other munitions. Yes, its all very old and alot is mostly useless but even if 20-40% is usable its better than...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708923
Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria
Israeli aircraft targeted the consulate building from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights at about 17:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Monday, Syria's defence ministry said...
I think this summer will again be limited, localized, gains for the Ukrainians at best. The Crimean bridge is now less of a priority 1 target thanks to the new rail corridor running from Rostov into Russian controlled Ukraine.
The Ukrainians will have to make a major decision, are they willing...
If that happens - look to NK to use it as a way of stirring the pot with SK and making a similar move on a SK island or two in a similar geographic situation.
I still 'tip my hat' to the broken clock twice a day. Its when one of the arms finally breaks and falls off that its completely useless. That's the time to throw it away.
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