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With the (almost total) cessation of military hardware support from the US after the Kursk counter-invasion, maybe they are hedging their bets on suppliers in former Soviet bloc states being more reliable long-term.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-close-agreeing-long-range-missiles-ukraine-delivery-take-months-2024-09-03/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Lots of air to air drone clips. The pace of innovation and production seems to be following Moore's law.

Seems like an accurate assessment of the future problem.

Maybe another way to phrase this then is why have Poland, the Baltics and the Nordics given/risked so much more than the US. Silly question. (1) 1st hand USSR 1.0 memories (2) short term myopic US party politics (3) the Atlantic ocean.

Gee, perhaps the real problem is the lack of timely delivery of the PUBLICALY promised ammunition, air defense and other equipment that has allowed the extensive use of JDAM equivalents from safety. Sorry, spicy today. Not aimed at you but at the substandard uninformed media coverage and the...

And most importantly of all, NO RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR USE! In fact, said restrictions have not only caused the deaths of thousands of Ukrainians, but incentivized the development of home made alternatives. Which as not subject to restrictions of use have predictably ensured deeper and harder...

Russia (aka Putin) does not give a rats ass about the Kursk people, land or infrastructure. Only about finding a way to declare at least partial goals met (and is already preparing the population to accept the loss and the partial 'win') before the election in case Snake Sullivan (and his...

Is the US number military aid only? Spent outside the US (the only really comparible value and even then only if adjusted for purchasing price parity) or recapitalisation of old stock with contracts In the US to US businesses to replace what we dumped on Ukraine instead of paying to decommission...

Kinda hard to do in real time when the whole airspace is full of different drone, cruise and ballistic missile tracks

And Russia will have a whole lot of battle hardened Russified (Ukrainian) troops plus their hardware and industry to add to their efforts. Betrayed and angry troops. Who will have a legitimate grudge against the west and especially the US

The fastest way to end this is to defeat Russia. That can be done without US service personnel in/above Ukraine. It just requires hardware. Which once bought/gifted to Ukraine is no longer American. The particulars of a weapon system are irrelevant - once it is owned by Ukraine it is a Ukrainian...

They are more free while still fighting for Freedom than most western countries who proclaim how free they are. (cough,USA, cough)

Great if slightly dated article (written at 300k Russian casualties - now 600k) with lots of historical military theory explanations for those line level combat arms types who did not attend military colleges.

Once again proving that any talk of 'peace' by Russia is a stalling tactic/info op and the genocidal extermination of the Ukrainian people/culture/language/state remains their long term goal.

Hmmm. Put a bunch in the boneyard and pull the mothballed ones in for refit/update and sale/lend lease to Ukraine...staff with volunteer International Legion (contracts signed with Ukrainian Air Force) pilots and maintainers as the "Ghost Squadron" based in Kiev (on paper but actually agile...

Will be interesting too see how many of his data points and conclusions show up in theatre.

Totally not a German government spokesman - but he sure knows all the answers😁

Well now... The word choices in Zelenskys public rhetoric have much higher Q values and he is being pretty direct about western cowardice. Not YET calling out and shaming any country by name but listen and you quickly get the idea. When this is over certain countries will have a long road to...

Multiple friendly fire incidents by the Russian Air Force. Punishment for a KA52 pilot was demotion to grunt and sent to the front as infantry. Essentially a death sentence (unless he manages to surrender) Want to bet on how aggressively they remaining pilots will operate?