while he doesn't mention it, I suspect he's been made aware of the long range, stealth cruise missiles they carry...which could very easily threaten targets in Crimea...including transportation in and out of that annexed territory.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-tells-pilots-f16s-can-carry-nuclear-weapons-they-wont-change-things-2024-03-27/
What Putin said is warning Europe. Russia will attack any airfield that those F-16 use for the war. He just made it clear that such attacking doesn't mean Russia attacks Europe.
F-16 is too delicate, needs a good airport/runway. A damaged runway even a dirty runway will affect its mission.
Putin gave warning in advance in case any country will provide airports for Ukraine's F16. Not to mention in air to air fight Russia's jets have much better radars than F-16's out of date radar. Russia pilots can see F-16 before F-16 pilots see Russia's Mig-31, Mig-35 or Su-35.
cruise missiles that can reach Crimea from well inside Ukraine.
It’s fair to assume that NATO and U.S. military senior staff have done their due diligence on all of this…it certainly has Vlad’s attention.
Or is this your usual bullshit?
from the attached article...
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F-16s shooting JASSMs could achieve the same thing, at a much lower cost in Ukrainian lives. “F-16s loaded with JASSM could be critical to Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov's stated long-term plan to re-take Crimea ‘without a fight,’” Tannehill wrote.
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Latest info is that Ukrainian pilots will be finished with their training in May of this year.
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/21/ukraine-is-getting-f-16s-now-it-needs-cruise-missiles/?sh=18a8cf251515
Please consider not talking out your dumb ass. TIA
JSSAMs from F-16s have the same objective...help Ukraine retake Crimea w/o much of a fight.
Try to keep up...
Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/biden-decision-send-longer-range-missiles-to-ukraine-00121969
Say three Hail Mary’s and sin no more.
I suspect your problem is just plain laziness.
Link: https://www.technology.org/2023/08/24/f-16-ukraine-asking-for-agm-158-jassm-missiles/
Now it’s time for the House to nut up and vote for the aid bill. Too bad most of the GOP are gaping cunts. GOP is now the party of weakness and cowardice.
made a difference in the outcome of this war?
are next. They are NATO members. That means either boots on the ground under Article 5, or the end of NATO so Cole and Eli can have a circle jerk.
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And Putin knows that if he launches a nuke, he’s done, so that’s unlikely to happen. On top of that, your boy Edward Snowden would likely perish.
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Because, Russians are savages and Ukrainian are saints.
Also, shouldn't you be dosing yourself?
ISIS is actually another level of savagery based in their brutal terroristic practices.
Ukraine is innocent and trying to defend their people and country. I don’t recall the Ukraine attacking Russia, do you?
Now eat a little food…maybe some citrus. It’ll take the edge off your trip.
I don't care about either when he have a lot of problems in our own hemisphere.
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