“USA would support the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by allies” - Michael Carpenter, US Ambassador to the OSCE
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Posted on 01/21/2023 7:49:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“USA would support the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by allies” - Michael Carpenter, US Ambassador to the OSCE
Free the Falcons!
@visegrad24 4h
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says the next international military aid summit for Ukraine will take place in mid-February and will focus on aviation.
Time to send those MiG-29s and F-16s to Ukraine.
Another German scandal might blow in German media.
Business Insider reports the outgoing Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht banned the military from making an inventory check ahead Ramstein to see how many Leopards are available.
It was done to protect Scholz from pressure.
So glad she is gone... the new Defense Minister has ordered the inventory.
IMHO, there is nothing Lockheed Martin could do. USG would cite operational need and simply issue a sole-source contract.
Hopefully, the munitions package will include HARPOONs.
Free the Falcons!
Your postings give you away as a RuZZian.
Do you live in Moscow or St. Petersburg?
“Hopefully, the munitions package will include HARPOONs”
Got some particular fish in mind for harpooning?
In addition to the missile launchers of the Black Sea flotilla, the Kerch Bridge is going to need killing again.
There are militaery and utilitarian needs for both munitions; the GLSDB would take some political pressure off Lockmart to make even more HIMARS rockets - expanding their lines costs money and workers needed for other things.
Germany may transfer 19 Leopard 2A5 tanks to Ukraine, Der Spiegel magazine reported.
4xF-16s each with 2x2000# JDAMs.
If GLSDBs ever get in range, they would probably be able to knock the bridge out of commission.
Here's a link to a Boeing/SAAB marketing video for GLSDB. The video shows multiple launches from a launch canister that holds 4 GLSDBs.
IMHO, GLSDB is ready for customer acceptance testing.
I predict the U.S. Army will buy some of these as a gap filler/low cost munition.
New Russian Armor never before seen:
https://twitter.com/rmsmarko/status/1616835440832835587
Also all things tank
https://twitter.com/TankDiary
“Germany may transfer 19 Leopard 2A5 tanks to Ukraine, Der Spiegel magazine reported.”
That would be awesome!
Free the Leopards!
Moldova could simply reunite with Romania. They’d become part of a already NATO member, and would have a larger military to be able to help protect them.
I wouldn’t mind that.
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