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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This war is going to go on until at at least till Putin dies won't it?

Russians really fucked themselves on this one. But it looks more and more like they are just willing to kill themselves and Ukraine to save face. It looks like the only hope for Ukraine is to attrition the Russian military while sanctions are ongoing that the Russians get so pissed off at their shitty lives that they do something. But the Russians aren't famous for doing anything about their shitty lives so I doubt that's going to happen soon.

Hopefully Ukraine can destroy enough AA to use these planes to get effect next year.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My question is who's going to remove those 600 million landmines or so that Russia is planted in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In all likelihood it's going to be the Ukrainians.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Hopefully fully funded by Russian reparations.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

They have a plant that'll grow a different colour over a mine. Not saying it's viable, just saying it's cool.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Small children?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Well the Russians did try to improve their circumstances that one time. Did not work out for literally everyone around them though.

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

Because every f16 sent to Ukraine gets backfilled by an f35?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are we going to be sending them pilots as well or do they just expect them to start the long training process to learn how to fly them and hope the pointless (but Russia's fault) war lasts long enough to use them?

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your answer is in the first paragraph of the source.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Expecting people to actually read an article ? What a weird idea

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it is a shitposting sub so I think you get a pass on not doing the homework

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Thank fuck. We were getting dangerously close to credibility.

[–] Efwis 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The pilots will be Ukrainian from what I understand. But the planes are owned by the respective countries. The only reason for the sensationalist headline, beside clickbait, is because the F-16 is an American made fighter jet.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact the f16 is US made means a country cannot give it to another country without the US approval. It is the case for all armaments. The producing country must allow the transfer.

[–] Efwis 14 points 1 year ago

This is true. But the headlines like to make it appear as though they are from US bases

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

As I understand it (but have no source) there are Ukraine pilots being trained on the F-16 stateside

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, you got plenty of time to calm down. The pilot training hasn't even started yet.

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