The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister says(apnews.com)

posted 1 year ago

Wilshire@lemm.ee

ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Rapidcreek@reddthat.com

-50 points

1 year ago

Wars are just not fought that way, and to think that somehow ukraine has the ability to create a safe maintenance infrastructure in mid war is ridiculous. They can’t even do that with leopard tanks. They have to haul this stuff back to germany/poland for repair.

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Slartibartfass@lemmy.world

23 points

1 year ago

So you recomend not to help? Or what else could we do?

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Rapidcreek@reddthat.com

-13 points

1 year ago

Didn’t say that. I think it’s reasonable to assume that the military with the most experience in these weapons systems know what they’re doing. They don’t even have capable runways for F16s yet

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Zirconium@lemmy.world

7 points

1 year ago

I think what you’re suggesting is that we should go to WAR WITH RUSSIA so that it’s a lot easier to repair F16s with more direct NATO equipment and infrastructure

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Cleverdawny@lemm.ee

19 points

1 year ago

Fine by me.

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bouh@lemmy.world

10 points

1 year ago

Hauling back to Poland or Germany is simply more convenient : Russia can’t bomb those countries, and they already have the people to fix the tanks there.

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letsgocrazy@lemm.ee

4 points

1 year ago

It’s not for now, it’s for later.

Ukraine has to start swirling over to NATO weapons platforms, so they have to start somewhere.

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