What do you think of possibility of Ukrainian using NATO airbase for their sorties ?
The War in the Ukraine
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What do you think of possibility of Ukrainian using NATO airbase for their sorties ?
That would make NATO party to the conflict according to the laws of war. Russia could then strike those airbases.
The Kinzhal and Kalibr have enough range to do it. The Kinzhal has enough range to hit targets all the way to the Pyrenees from within Russian airspace when you use the MiG-31K as the launch platform. Kalibr has even more range.
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I'm not buying it. It's a feint and I'm gonna bet the offensive will be in the east.
Too much broadcasting of where the offensive is going to be...
Too much broadcasting of where the offensive is going to be...
Honestly, the F-16 thing is a stupid distraction. These spokespeople need to shut up about it.
There have been a few posters here clamouring for them to be sent over, and I said it was so stupid.
6 months will make them able to fly at a basic level, they won't be able to exploit the plane to the full performance envelope due to inexperience.
NATO is supposed to get 15 flight hours per month on a yearly basis, now you want to compress the number of training hours into 6 months? This is not including classroom and other instruction. It is not a matter of will, but absolute physical and biological constraints.
The time, money, and possibly lives spent on such a project would be a total waste. Far more sensible to continue to concentrate on strengthening their ground forces.
Not your daddy’s NATO Air Force… Flight hours have dropped pretty significantly, especially post COVID.
"FPV drones will be among the drones, for the purchase of which at least UAH20 billion [around USD543 million] will be allocated for Ukrainian soldiers this year."
That would be at least a 100,000 FPV drones. Do the Russians have anything to deal with them besides EW systems? These could be used in masse to soften up Russian lines before a Ukrainian offensive.
Do they need to be dealt with more than EW tho. Also 100000 Drones of what ? If they are DJI Drones, how the Ukrainian will control them all ? having 100000 soldiers controlling each drone ? That's some considerable electronic signature there
It said they're trying to localize production, but I have no idea what drones they're going to buy. It wouldn't be 100,000 operators, special drone units a couple hundred strong would be able to deal a lot of damage to Russian equipment. The Ukrainians have been using FPV drones to pretty good effect so far, based on the videos I've seen.