Posted on 03/28/2024 5:54:04 AM PDT by McGruff
Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense,” but warned that any Western air base hosting U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets that are slated for deployment in Ukraine would be a “legitimate target” for the Kremlin’s forces.
“Their statements about our alleged intention to attack Europe after Ukraine is sheer nonsense,” Putin said late Wednesday, referring to warnings in the U.S. and Western Europe that Russia could turn its sights on other countries unless it is stopped.
He noted that the U.S. defense budget is more than 10 times higher than Russia’s. “In view of that, are we going to wage a war against NATO? It’s ravings,” he told military pilots during a visit to an air base.
The F-16s require a high standard of runways and reinforced hangars to protect them from bombing attacks when they are on the ground. It is not clear how many Ukrainian air bases can meet those requirements, and Russia would be certain to quickly target a few that could accommodate them once the jets arrive.
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Thank you for confirming my original statement
“the West is running a propaganda and PR war”
and you are an excellent soldier for this effort, tlozo.
The real Jan Sobieski would have cut your head off for betraying Poland to the Russians.
Right, because modern western jets(F16) are no different than Ukraine's old Mig's. Okay
The MiG-29's radar possesses a significantly shorter range compared to that of the F-16, and its missiles require full guidance from the launching aircraft. Russian aircraft can spot Ukraine’s MiG-29s much further away than the Ukrainians can spot Russian aircraft. The more powerful F-16 radars will reduce the radar disadvantage
F16(top) Fire and Forget vs Ukraine Mig(lower)
Is Poland under attack by the Russians? Or by leftists within?
“Is Poland under attack by the Russians?”
“Putin ally warns ‘enemy’ Poland: you risk losing your statehood”
Why do you suppose Putin didn’t take ALL of Georgia in 2008?
Does that pox apply to America?
Russians have claimed they destroyed something related to a US Patriot air defense system in Ukraine, though no independent source has confirmed that.
If one of over a dozen Patriot missile launchers were damaged, that would not necessarily reduce the system's overall effectiveness.
Of 31 M1 Abrams tanks sent to Ukraine, three are reported as lost, though their crews likely survived.
Of Ukraine's roughly 200 M2 Bradley IFVs, about 20 have been lost, while also protecting their crews.
Of Ukraine's 18 German Leopard tanks, Russia claimed it destroyed several and that others are not fit for service.
Some of these claims have been debunked and none have been confirmed.
It's widely thought that German engineered tanks require a higher degree of technical and maintenance proficiency than most Russian tanks.
By contrast, Russian tank losses are estimated as nearly 7,000 with another 13,000 armored vehicles destroyed.
And due to the "jack in the box" nature of most Russian tank designs, those crews did not all survive.
The military industrial complex and deep state warmongers are assuming that Russia will follow their rules of engagement like the US did in Vietnam where known: bases, SAM’s sites, airfields etc... that were attacking US forces and killing our GI’s were off limits because of political issues.
Trouble is Ivan may not play the game the way the warmongers expect. I have no love for Putin or Ivan, but neither do I care about the corrupt crap hole that is the Ukraine either. But the MIC, deep state, RINO’s and Democrats are determined to embroil the US military in yet another war where there are no US strategic interests. Mongers are going to monger to keep the $ flowing...
Seems reasonable. It is a war afterall. All is fair to prevent your death.
Ukraine received 31 Abrams tanks, while about 3,700 Abrams machines of the earliest modifications are aging in long-term storage sites and are unlikely to ever be used.
Is this the equivalent of Germany warning the US and Britain, that ships carrying arms, troops or explosives, will be targeted and sank. Up comes the Lusitania, the US claims it was a passenger ship only, and WW 1 begins for America, and WW 2 follows as the US begins its earnest quest to be an Empire.
Will the American Empire die with a similar trigger? When you supply arms, money and pay the salaries of soldiers in a country, YOU ARE AT WAR with that foe. Sorry, WW 3 has long past the beginning, we are about to enter the long bloody middle.
Off the hopium.... EXACTLY ......
Russia, is holding back, waiting for a peaceful settlement between honest partners. They have not been targetting the Western cities of Ukraine, because they are concentrating on getting the parts of their own country back.
WE ARE THE BAD GUYS in this. Hard to believe, but since when were we the good guys? I am not talking about the grunts, but our leaders are pure D-Evil.
That’ll work out well. Maybe the US should push for a settlement. We are headed for full on war otherwise. Or we can read the brilliant musings of MeganC.
Are you off the aripiprazole today?
Remember what the doctor told you...."
A couple of items worth noticing here. 
Do you know what happened in WW 2 when the Allies began a bombing campaign against Germany? Nothing, there was nothing Germans could do to damage plants that build planes in America. Those things are no longer true. In short order, Russian can neutralize America quite easily. While we wait for the Military of the US and our demented President to find the button, look for the code books, and get the JCOS out of the DIE seminar to respond, they are gone from the Earth. BOOM...
No doubt you are correct. It is time to move away from military bases, and other targets. We who do not, will regret it. War without limits, has no safe place.
What does that make US Fed.gov?
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