This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...

[h-hawk]

"Rodolphe Polis, press officer at the Belgian MoD, told Defense News that the country currently has 53 F-16s in its inventories.

In 2018, Brussels signed a multi-billion dollar contract with Lockheed Martin for the supply of 34 F-35 fighter jets that are set to replace the aging F-16s it possesses. However, the timeline for these deliveries has already been delayed.

“In April 2023, Minister Dedonder confirmed that only two F-35s out of the initial four would be delivered during the first quarter of 2024,” Alain De Neve, researcher at the Belgium-based Royal Higher Institute for Defense think tank told Defense News. “This means that the F-16 to F-35 transition could face hiccups, meanwhile Belgium is obliged to maintain an operational fleet of aircraft, particularly for its joint missions in the Baltics.”

https://www.defensenews.com/air/202...to-send-f-16s-to-ukraine-but-not-before-2025/

 

[h-hawk]

FWIW-if true Russia doesn't appear to need the gun-cotton from China.

 

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[lucas80]

Interesting story about how evangelicals targeted Speaker Johnson, and I say interesting because I suggested the idea weeks ago. Johnson proudly admits to making decisions based upon his faith, and allowing the Russians to kill his Christian brothers with impunity was apparently becoming intolerable to Johnson.

Johnson Evolved On Ukraine. Hearing About Evangelicals’ Persecution May Have Helped.

One push for getting the House speaker to allow a vote on aid centered on Russian invaders’ treatment of Ukraine’s small evangelical Christian community.

www.huffpost.com

 

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[Joes Place]

Interesting story about how evangelicals targeted Speaker Johnson, and I say interesting because I suggested the idea weeks ago. Johnson proudly admits to making decisions based upon his faith, and allowing the Russians to kill his Christian brothers with impunity was apparently becoming intolerable to Johnson.

Johnson Evolved On Ukraine. Hearing About Evangelicals’ Persecution May Have Helped.

One push for getting the House speaker to allow a vote on aid centered on Russian invaders’ treatment of Ukraine’s small evangelical Christian community.

www.huffpost.com

But just killing random civilians that might NOT be Christians, was just fine.
Just like Jesus taught us, Amirite?

 

[MitchLL]

Ukraine getting the $60 billion is great news and all the new weapon systems heading to the battlefield will certainly help.

So what’s the plan after the $60 billion has been used and all the weapons have been fired off and if map of Russian held territory doesn’t change?

Does the current administration have a plan or an off-ramp for this war to end? Or is total victory over Russia the only plan?

Then Moscow = Hiroshima

 

[lucas80]

But just killing random civilians that might NOT be Christians, was just fine.
Just like Jesus taught us, Amirite?

Johnson is a POS, but in a situation like this you entice the POS to lead however you can in order to get the desired result.

 

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[h-hawk]

"Images of the Su-25SM glide bomb depot on the site of the Kushchevskaya air base"

 

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[h-hawk]

Great sound of a drone attack.

 

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[Tenacious E]

 

[SA_Hawk]

Russian POS SU-57 fighter finally making an appearance.

 

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[Joes Place]

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Looks like all that extra ammo and equipment is paying off, already....

 

[Joes Place]

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FYI....casualties here are tracking for around the 0.5M mark by D-Day....

 

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[h-hawk]

Cool if true.

"Ukraine has started using small sports aircraft to shoot down drones. In the videos you can see Yak-52s with installed machine guns intercepting Russian drones "Orlan-10" near Odessa."

 

[billanole]

Cool if true.

"Ukraine has started using small sports aircraft to shoot down drones. In the videos you can see Yak-52s with installed machine guns intercepting Russian drones "Orlan-10" near Odessa."

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That would be fun as hell, kinda like barnstorming.

 

[h-hawk]

The videos do appear to be devastating but I hope their effectiveness is overstated.

 

[h-hawk]

"Being pressed by a drone, comrades raised their fingers to poke the Ukrainian drone. Ukrainian drones responded with two grenades. Hope you're okay comrade."

 

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[h-hawk]

"LCI in the fieldImmersion in the heart of a militarized school in Crimea where everything is done so that the young generation thinks that the region is fully Russian and where they are trained to fight."

 

[h-hawk]

Cool if true.

"Ukraine has started using small sports aircraft to shoot down drones. In the videos you can see Yak-52s with installed machine guns intercepting Russian drones "Orlan-10" near Odessa."

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"View from the cockpit of the #Yak52 aircraft during the shooting down of the Orlan drone."

 

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[billanole]

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Bring the juice.

 

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[SA_Hawk]

"View from the cockpit of the #Yak52 aircraft during the shooting down of the Orlan drone."

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I read a story on the USAF is currently testing mounting a version of the A-10 Warthogs gun under each wing of a MQ-9 Reaper drone.

 

[billanole]

I read a story on the USAF is currently testing mounting a version of the A-10 Warthogs gun under each wing of a MQ-9 Reaper drone.

That would be badass, but I wonder how the Reaper could carry much in the way of ammo along with two bang bangs.

 

[h-hawk]

"Various reports on the networks report strong explosions in Dzhnakoi, in occupied Crimea, in occupied Mariupol and in Bryansk, in Russia"

 

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[h-hawk]

I presume equipment for Ukraine.

 

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[seminole97]

I read a story on the USAF is currently testing mounting a version of the A-10 Warthogs gun under each wing of a MQ-9 Reaper drone.

LOL.

No.

The GAU-8 and ammo drum weigh just over 4,000 pounds. Each.

The Reaper drone weighs almost 5,000 pounds.
It isn’t going to carry two tons, much less four tons.

 

[SA_Hawk]

LOL.

No.

The GAU-8 and ammo drum weigh just over 4,000 pounds. Each.

The Reaper drone weighs almost 5,000 pounds.
It isn’t going to carry two tons, much less four tons.

A version of not the actual gun itself.

 

[seminole97]

A version of not the actual gun itself.

Ok, a Gatling gun pod isn’t the same thing as the Avenger.

The DAP-6 is a podded version of Dillon’s infamous six-barrelled M134 gun, which fires the 7.62 x 51mm NATO cartridge

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