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[Noisy noise annoys]

It’s been upgraded with engines and electronics packages so as a short range interceptor and dog fighter it’s is still a very good plane in a relatively small battle space.

Especially the F16 viper which only a small handful of countries possess

It sounds like triggers broom

 

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The code is Everton1878 mate..

Capital E.

*changes password

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

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These are a white supremacist, Nazi organisation.

They are the embodiment of why the country needs De Nazifying. It's a disgrace they are allowed to be championed how they are.

They are.
All these weapon deliveries are worrying me too. They could fall into the wrong hands, even in the hands of Russia.
The WHO just reported they couldn't get their lorries eastwards with necessary equipment so you have to wonder how these guns will make it to the real army.
Not much thinking going on, just cheap point scoring.

 

[slipstream86]

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

Could an experienced fighter pilot fly a different type - probably.

But being able to fly a fighter, and being able to operate it effectively in a tactical capacity are two different things. The different weapon systems fitted to the aircraft, and how they integrate with other units go a long way to determine the capability of a fighter jet. It can take years for air forces to get to grips with how to fully operate a new type. But this is war...

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

*changes password

Too late, I’ve already hacked your xhamster account

 

[Toast]

Could an experienced fighter pilot fly a different type - probably.

But being able to fly a fighter, and being able to operate it effectively in a tactical capacity are two different things. The different weapon systems fitted to the aircraft, and how they integrate with other units go a long way to determine the capability of a fighter jet. It can take years for air forces to get to grips with how to fully operate a new type. But this is war...

I’ve been in a helicopter with a Navy pilot who was deliberately trying to scare me due to a lost bet with him.

They are a different breed.

 

[Bungle]

Too late, I’ve already hacked your xhamster account

*removes uploaded content

 

[Toffeeslam]

It sounds like triggers broom

Unless triggers broom can perform advance electronic ware fare and carry a wide range of air to air and ground weapons then yeah.

The airframe is old but effective and should match most of what the Russians have in there Air Force apart from their most advanced jets

 

[Taifi gorm]

Paranoid. Only hugged Bolsanaro after loads of covid tests. I hope everyone around him spits on his food and in everything he drinks. Let Covid-19 be the end of him

Can you just imagine the confusion and paranoia amidst the alt-right loons if that happened

 

[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 @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?

Suppressing an S300 or S400 system is no easy task. I won’t go into the tactics on here but there is a way to do it effectively. The F-35 is the game changer in this case

 

[Martin Alvito]

The code is Everton1878 mate..

Capital E.

1) Set up VPN with Russian IP
2) Log into GOT's account
3) Engage in a horrifying series of reprisals
4) ??????
5) Profit!

 

[Tree13]

There is more chance of Zelenskyy being appointed the next secretary-general of NATO.

The endgame here is pretty obvious. The West will pour money and materiel into Ukraine for as long as it takes for Russia to run out of money to continue fighting, and the longer Russia fights the harder the sanctions will bite.

Ukraine will join NATO and the EU. Finland and Sweden will join NATO. Putin will be overthrown by a coup.

 

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[PhilM]

It’s this type of snideness that I love.

 

[Martin Alvito]

There is more chance of Zelenskyy being appointed the next secretary-general of NATO.

The endgame here is pretty obvious. The West will pour money and materiel into Ukraine for as long as it takes for Russia to run out of money to continue fighting, and the longer Russia fights the harder the sanctions will bite.

Ukraine will join NATO and the EU. Finland and Sweden will join NATO. Putin will be overthrown by a coup.

If doing so were costless and there were no risks of escalation, the West would probably try to go down this route.

As it stands, I think our governments would prefer a deal. The tricky bit will be getting them, Ukraine and Putin all in the same bargaining range, then somehow cutting through all the nonsense to find a deal that satisfies.