Current Affairs Ukraine

[Big Sams Undies]

What the hell is going on???

French Foreign Ministry calls on all its nationals to leave Russia immediately

Can see our Vlad going rounding up foreign nationals on totally bogus espionage charges tbh.

 

[john jako]

What the hell is going on???

French Foreign Ministry calls on all its nationals to leave Russia immediately

Probably fears putin going to start rounding them up and keeping them hostage until sanctions are lifted.

 

[Mrk]

Probably fears putin going to start rounding them up and keeping them hostage until sanctions are lifted.

Yep, wouldn't put it past him.

 

[LinekersLegs]

No access to Swiss bank accounts will presumably get the attention of a few who thought financial hit would only be for the plebs

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Mad that. I’ve never sat in a cockpit before but am guessing they are different and have different controls. Can pilots just rock up to any jet and be able to fly them in battle?

I’ve drove two different class of submarines before and they where both very different. I couldn’t just be given the helm of a French boat and be asked to drive it. Different breed fighter pilots to be fair so maybe they can lol

Ukraine use F16s, no? That means The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Spain (?) at least can send them equipment.

But then you have to get it there and get the pilots back to their country of origin. Which I reckon means there may be a few pilots making some serious coin the next few weeks.

 

[john jako]

Yep, wouldn't put it past him.

At the stage we shouldn’t put anything past this lunatic now lol

 

[devogue]

US same advice

This looks like defcon 1 to me

Luckily it isn't up to you.

 

[tsubaki]

Ukraine use F16s, no? That means The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Spain (?) at least can send them equipment.

But then you have to get it there and get the pilots back to their country of origin. Which I reckon means there may be a few pilots making some serious coin the next few weeks.

No, the Ukrainian AF are using all ex-Soviet technology for conventional aircraft

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Yep, wouldn't put it past him.

Probably because they wouldn't make home because the Russians will close their airspace for everybody.

Defcon 1 deffo not happening now

 

[john jako]

Would be me and @Toast if we got recalled

 

[tsubaki]

What the hell is going on???

French Foreign Ministry calls on all its nationals to leave Russia immediately

I think it’s more because of the difficulty in actually leaving, since all the carriers have been banned from flying in each other’s airspace.

 

[devogue]

 

[Kev The Rat]

Reports from Russia saying Putin has the made sure the nuclear briefcase is available to him at all times

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

I very, very much doubt this. If they were to attack a Russian jet or convoy, perhaps even in self-defence, it could be casus belli for either side.

That would be a huge risk - one too far at the moment - unless they really are prepared to go into combat. Is it worth the escalation due to an act of aggression?

What they are likely to be doing elsewhere is probing close to Russian air space to keep air assets pinned down and gaining intel from communication etc.

It could even go as far as Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) missions, but @Mutzo Nutzo will likely know more about all that jazz.


Aye, it was more a throwaway remark.

Their BUKs have been getting targeted as they're prized assets, and as they don't have air superiority yet so it may be working.

Again, @Mutzo Nutzo any idea if they're using their longer-range SAMs like the Growler and Grumble?

Aye they have deployed their more stategic (long range) AD systems near their staging areas / airfields and to protect their Iskander ballistic missile launchers.

So they have a mixture of S300 (SA-10 grumble) and S400 (SA-21 growler).

Tactically (mobile) they have shorter range systems such as the BUK’s (SA-17 Grizzly and SA-27 Gollum) as well as Tunguska’s (SA-18 Grison).

 

[tsubaki]

There is lots of conjecture that US and a few other nations are already flying sorties over Ukraine

That is a considerable escalation