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Weren't there stories early on about "parts deliveries" that amounted to "hey we have some airplane parts for you... they just happen to be all assembled together in the shape of an airplane, so we'll fly it over"...?

Like a bad comedy sketch... https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-defence-minister-decorates-pilots-downing-us-drone-2023-03-17/

Footage of the Flanker vs Reaper collision: https://theaviationist.com/2023/03/16/heres-the-mq-9-video-of-the-russian-su-27-intercept-over-the-black-sea/ https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/mq-9-sensor-video-showing-collision-with-russian-su-27-released The damage to the prop is pretty...

They were worried about unauthorized technology transfer... 😒

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/winged-jdam-smart-bombs-are-now-operational-in-ukraine

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/stalemate-in-the-skies/?utm_source=Hype+Aviation%3A+Daily+Debrief&utm_campaign=2d51d1c3da-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_24_02_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5a8c2bbc21-2d51d1c3da-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Apologies if this is a repost: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/m1-abrams-tanks-in-u-s-inventory-have-armor-too-secret-to-send-to-ukraine

Neither were Toyota pickups...

https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/01/confirmed-russia-uses-its-su-57-felon-stealth-fighters-against-ukraine/?utm_source=Hype+Aviation%3A+Daily+Debrief&utm_campaign=362996bf56-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_01_10_02_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5a8c2bbc21-362996bf56-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/vancouver-woman-starts-petition-to-have-social-justice-assessment-of-f-35-purchase/article_783239c2-8deb-11ed-a48a-9703fea0e4cf.html

More on the attacks/incidents (including some video, geo-location referencing, etc): https://theaviationist.com/2022/12/05/explosion-hits-engels-2-airbase-russia-reportedly-damaging-at-least-two-tu-95-bombers/...

Necessity of the mother of invention...

Pretty sure it looks like the road - and therefore the power lines - drops off down to the left... the helos flew adjacent to it, not under the lines. A Mil-8 itself is over 18 feet tall. I don't know what the European standard is for powerlines, but seems implausible they cleared a hedge while...

I don't think I saw it posted in here, but they also hit an apartment block and a kindergarten on Sunday. https://www.newsweek.com/kyiv-kindergarten-apartment-hit-long-range-russian-missiles-ukraine-1719253

I was implying a situation where western production forcibly pulls out, but the damage is done and the tech is already in the wrong hands.

A more-or-less-the-same thing is going to happen with China at some point in the not very distant future.

"Mav's in trouble. He’s in a flat spin, he’s heading out to sea." Seriously though, the demo bird looks really good this year. Kudos to the team that designed and painted it.

Did anyone else get a "potentially sensitive content" warning from Twitter on that image? 😂

Doing the math here: Your brand-new, 5th generation stealth jet, first delivered in December of 2020 is threatened by a surface to air missile system designed 50'ish years ago? #plothole