Slovak government to send MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine - PM

Reuters ^ | March 17, 2023 | Robert Muller, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Andrew Cawthorne, and Angus McSwan

[Timber Rattler]

The Slovak government approved sending MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Friday, stepping up its military assistance to Kyiv in its fight against the Russian invasion.

Slovakia is the second country to send war planes to Kyiv after Poland, which announced on Thursday it would do so.

Its fleet of 11 MiG-29 planes was retired last summer and most of them are not in operational condition. It will send those that are operational and the rest will go for spare parts.

Slovakia will also supply part of its KUB air-defence system, Heger said.

[Timber Rattler]

[Chad C. Mulligan]

They know what the long term consequences of Ukraine losing would be.

[Erik Latranyi]

The US will probably replace these outdated fighters with something new that benefits the war machine politicians.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The US will probably replace these outdated fighters with something new that benefits the war machine politicians.

Who will pilot these jets?

[KobraKai]

Cool. Let’s send Ukraine all of our old VHS tapes and 8-tracks next.

[mrmeyer]

Or our constitution since we don’t use it anymore.

[JonPreston]

Slovakia is the second country to send war planes to Kyiv after Poland

Do Polish pilots come with those jets?

[Timber Rattler]

More bigoted ethnic jokes from you?

I guess you never learn. once a bigot, always a bigot.

[katana]

Saw two of those birds up close at a 90’s Cleveland Air Show (era of Glasnost, pre-Clinton ruining the dream). Beautiful aircraft. The Russian pilots performed the “cobra” maneuver along the Burke Lakefront airstrip at a couple thousand feet.

[popdonnelly]

True dat.

[popdonnelly]

The Russians are dragging 1960’s T-62s out of storage. Ukraine does well enough with older equipment.

[McGruff]

Its fleet of 11 MiG-29 planes was retired last summer and most of them are not in operational condition.

Boy, I got a deal for you.

[McGruff]

“Slovakia expects to receive compensation in the amount of $900 million for the supply of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.” -Slovak Defense Minister

[Trinity5]

Slovakian pilots?

[Trinity5]

Slovakia already signed a deal in 2018 to buy F-16s. But your snarky comment is duly noted...

https://www.reuters.com/world/slovakia-get-new-f-16-fighter-jets-year-later-2022-03-10/

https://www.czdefence.com/article/acquisition-of-f-16-fighters-for-the-slovak-army-the-first-pilots-are-already-training-in-the-usa

[Erik Latranyi]

Slovakia already signed a deal in 2018 to buy F-16s. But your snarky comment is duly noted...

Thanks for backing that up.

Just as Russia's defense industry thrived supplying weapons to Soviet satellite states, now it is the US defense industry thriving as NATO keeps expanding and expanding.

[bert]

I suggest sending a few A-10’s, even old A-10’s

One A-10 could produce a world of hurt on a Russian armored column delayed by the mines in their path

[aMorePerfectUnion]

PING!!!!!

Hat tip to rattler for pointing out the escalation of this war by NATO!

[Erik Latranyi]

One A-10 could produce a world of hurt on a Russian armored column delayed by the mines in their path

Enough with the 1970s thinking.

Send 20,000 drones (at $100 each) with explosives and decimate the entire opposing army. No loss of life on our side and no waste of expensive military equipment.

But that is not the objective here. The objective is to satisfy US defense contractors who need war after war so they can kickback to our politicians.

[canuck_conservative]

as NATO keeps expanding and expanding

only because Russia remains a warmongering menace that keeps attacking & invading its neighbors

if Russia could, somehow, just stop attacking & invading its neighbors, there would be no more need for NATO, duh