Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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This is why the West is fighting in Ukraine
A Marshall Plan For Building Back Green In Ukraine?
A Blueprint for the Reconstruction of Ukraine
Sustainable Development Strategy for Ukraine by 2030
What Should Ukraine’s Reconstruction Look Like?
What will it cost to rebuild Ukraine? And all sorts of infrastructure will need rebuilding
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer group of guys! Lol.
Critics fear shortened training period may not prepare pilots properly.
Ukraine's government has announced it's cutting training time for new F-16 pilots to fill cockpits faster. The air force has received dozens of Vipers in the last few months and the country is anxious to put them into action, but the pilot pipeline isn't keeping up. “The basic training program needs to be optimized. This will enable us to train more pilots to defend our country," Deputy Defence Minister Serhiy Melnkyk said. "Ukrainian combat aviation must eventually gain air superiority, as this paves the way for the success of our actions on the front line.” Aerial warfare experts are concerned the scheme may backfire.
There has been widespread criticism of the plan, with critics arguing the F-16 and its weapons systems are so complex, perhaps compared to the Soviet-era systems mainly in use by Ukraine, that graduates of the truncated program will be ill-prepared to use the jets effectively in combat. The major bottleneck in training so far has been language training. The Viper speaks English and lack of fluency by pilots hampers communication that's vital to get the most out of them. It's also feared that the measure, which is being billed as temporary to address a short-term problem, will infect the whole Ukrainian air force training regime and water down its overall combat effectiveness.
Turkey brings something Russia never had, the ability to project real power into Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq. Russia and Turkey are both major REGIONAL powers, able to deploy large forces against their neighbors, but lacking the ability to project power beyond them.
Thus far Jolani has been sending all the right signals to the west regarding integration and fair treatment of minorities in Syria. Lots of meetings giving assurances to Druse, Christians, Kurds, etc. Considering how extreme some of Jolani’s followers are, I’ll be surprised/impressed if he can pull off the transition to “moderate”.
Both the Saudis and Turkey rejecting BRICS membership is a blow to that organization. Maybe they are waiting for the next 4 years to see how things shake out.
If you look at the border closely, you will learn that the Chinese side is heavily farmed ( many of the framers are ethnic Russians ). They can just walk over the low barbed wire fence, if they wanted to.
One of the tours that C-Milk and SerpentZ went on if that area shows all of this clearly.
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Serpentza and his motorcycle sidekick. I saw that episode. Here is part of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTqNWzaUgFQ&t=724s
C-Milk, aka Laowhy86 is his sidekick - actually they are both about equal - an American and a South African (white).
Tsar Putin vs Erdoğan’s coming Caliphate. Both hate the UK, due to the old English Empire.
Putin trying to resurrect the USSR Empire. Erdoğan trying to resurrect the Ottoman Empire. Neither care how many of their soldiers die fighting. Great Britain delivered the death blows to the Ottoman Empire. Then along with France, they drew up the Arab nation’s borders, that many anti-colonialism types complain about today.
 | SeanS Since Oct 25, 2024 |
No. Why do you ask?
Why do I ask? Because I know every trick in the book.
Well, you’re wrong.
Do you get paid to shill for Putin? Or do you just do it as a courtesy?
. Well now, that didn’t take long 🤣
What 🤡 Clowns
He used the phrase word for word straight out of the Soros Troll handbook. Didn’t even change it up a little. 😂
Welcome aboard Sean.
As you will see, if you are not already aware, we are infested with a Putin cheering section, who consistently parrot the Kremiln talking points (like those who defend themselves from violent Russian conquest are responsible for all of the “unnecessary” death and destruction, Putin is the defender of pure Christian values against a decadent West, Russia has a “Right” to do things like this (anything) where it claims to have an “interest”, etc.), and will often post demonstrably false information, or known Russian/FSB outlets as sources, to further Kremlin information objectives.
Most especially, they engage in baseless, over-the-top personal insults and attacks on anyone who supports Ukraine, NATO, or resistance to Russian conquest, to badger, discourage and drive off dissenting voices (or goad them into an insult match, to get them banned). This is a fundamental tactic of Russian Information Operations among the Western audiences - shout down dissenting voices, and try to get them to self silence, or to be censored.
They may be paid Russian agents, people with old Russian allegiances (like Com Block immigrants or current Russian citizens who speak English), or just tractable Western useful idiots, who have been sucked into the FSB disinformation/misinformation Operation; but many are simply partisan, beyond any honest argument. Best to simply ignore such trolls.
“Ukraine Chops Three Months From F-16 Training
Critics fear shortened training period may not prepare pilots properly.”
I saw recently that 200 Ukrainian pilots had graduated from the UK’s F-16 basic course. Other nations, including the USA, have also graduated Ukrainian F-16 pilots and support personnel.
Perhaps they now have enough trained personnel to start shifting the training of some more specific tasks to the unit level, instead of the schoolhouse. Relatively more training is conducted within units in the old Soviet model, vs. the NATO norm, so the Ukrainian Military is used to that. With simulators on hand in Ukraine, and instructors able to VTC, or send contractor instructors into country, it seems feasible - especially under the pressure of wartime requirements.
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