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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I wish we would just go ahead and give ATACMs. It would certainly speed things up.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure whoever manufactures those is excited by that prospect too. But they've got to get through all the old stock first. Its a military industrial complex clearning house event

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice shifting from current problems.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Zurely zis wunderwaffe will defeat zose orcs

hitler-detector

Most anglophones have a nazi conception of how to win wars because their governments asked the defeated nazis for advice on how to win wars and that ideology was integrated and trickled down like piss onto the masses.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm following the combat activities (the actual combat, not high level strategic stuff). It's all mines, mines, mines and then some trench warfare.

No amount of ATACMS can do anything about that. You still have to advance slowly, figure out where the mines are, clean them up or move around them and then take the trenches.

Drones can do a whole lot more good for a whole lot less.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/r/combatfootage on reddit. But you can also do it on twitter by following OSINT accounts (and you can combine the two). I just couldn't deal with the constant twitter BS anymore. They both mostly have "second hand" sources. First hand are telegram accounts, but I rather receive it filtered and sorted by votes, so I never went that far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's also a few Lemmy communities but they either are completely Ukrainian or have very little post activity compared to Combatfootage.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you ever heard of the word "logistic"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Bro, can you please talk to me like I'm a normal human being?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish they would just go ahead and negotiate a peace

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish invaders would just get the hell out. Call it tactical retreat, ceasefire, whatever

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Yes that's usually how wars work, right? You leave and then you negotiate.
If we're being idealistic then I wish everybody would just put down their arms all over the world and sing kumbaya

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Speed up the end of the world maybe. US only hope is revolving Russia or escalation to direct conflict.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think that once the F16 training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field. I assume we are giving them jdams so they will be capable of striking hundreds of miles into occupied territory.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think that once the ~~HIMARS~~, ~~BRADLEY~~, ~~LEOPARD~~, ~~STORM SHADOW~~, ~~CLUSTER MUNITIONS~~, F16 training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field

fast-forward 6 months

I think that once the F22 training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field

I think that once the F35 training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field

I think that once the LGM-30G MINUTEMAN III NUCLEAR ICBM training is completed, it will really change the face of the battle field

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't there only a handful of Uke pilots that knew english well enough to do the training? I'm all for sending Ukraine whatever they ask for, but I doubt F-16s will turn the tide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The F-16 will be able to sniff out AA and other ground targets from far away. It will also allow Nato to gift more advanced missiles like JDAM. https://youtu.be/8G7fr3MonQY

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