Quote (Meanwhile @ Apr 4 2024 09:24am)
Ukrainian drones show their range even more clearly, they can hit anywhere in a radius up to 1500km and im sure Ukrainians will increase this range soon enough.
That was a cessna clone jerry-rigged to be a jihadi suicide plane. It's not going to help in any meaningful way. If ukranians are stating that f16s are no longer gona help than these suicide planes are useless.
"Nothing can help Ukraine now, because there is no serious technology that could replace Ukraine with the large mass of troops that Russia is likely to throw at us. We don't have these technologies, and the West doesn't have them in sufficient quantity,"
F-16 fighters are mentioned as another example. "Every weapon has its time. F-16 fighters were needed in 2023, they will no longer be suitable in 2024."
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-great-risk-front-line-collapse-war-russia/Quote (Meanwhile @ Apr 4 2024 10:05am)
Since we have nuclear submarines able to stay 6+ months under water carrying devastating nuclear SLBM.
These technologies are completely up since few decades now. I would say since 1980's. Nato "cornering" is an invalid argument
And for decades Russia has taken French nuclear powered submarines into account. F35s with nukes is a completely new phenomenon that Russia is obviously uncomfortable with so close to its borders.