Some eyewitnesses right across the crash site reported heavy fog conditions and did not even see a helicopter before it crashed. I expect that Airbus will be involved in the investigation and will learn more in due time.
The War in the Ukraine
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Afaik the issue is less bridge collapse and more that, if it takes a ton of extra time to get tanks over obstacles like bridges, that's extra time where the tanks can be attacked. Also if something struggles to clear normal roads due to weight, off-road and shitty weather won't be kind to it.
I get the feeling that Ukrainian air defense were working overtime.
So roughly 200K (initial force)
minus 100-150K expired contracts (these contracts were later extended indefinitely, so added them back)
plus additional 300K mobilized reservists
equals roughly ~500K minus XXX casualties.
Really? But he was special advisor to the president, why would he have been on the list before he resigned ?
On the other hand, enemy MIGHT attack them, and maybe it will not ( considering Russian level of competence so far at least ) attack them. While, not having them on the battlefield, doeing what they need to do- is defeat by itself.
Well I'm not the one in charge of NATO. If I was the leader of America, I'd want to commit hundreds of tanks as well as enough artillery to support such a formation, because tanks in storage at home are doing nothing, might as well use them even if they won't be very efficient. Assuming I want to win the proxy war or at least get more leverage to my side.
But clearly for them there is some sort of concern among American ranks, either a lack of faith in own capabilities or a lack of trust in Ukraine.
US knows their Abram tanks need to work in combined-arms and strong logistics (fuel) to be effective, and Ukraine lacks either of these. It's not even the lack of confidence of their own equipment or in Ukraine, it's just sending a ton of equipment without the structure needed to make it operate effectively is a futile effort.
OR, they are afraid of a catastrophic Ukrainean sucess ( where they will rout the Russians from Ukraine ) and that might cause all sorts of things, like nukes flying...
They are giving just enough for the conflict to continue.
M1A1 are clearly fuel guzzling monsters a bit like t-80 Turbine tanks... drinking more than twice than piston relatives. If logistics are good I don't see a problem using them, if they lack fuel already, imagine what they will need to fuel these.