Give them enough Stingers and they can create their own NO FLY ZONE...................
The military industrial is praying for that strategy—send munitions to the Ukraine so the Russkies can blow it up at the depot...
rinse and repeat..
and count the money, money, money, money, money...
I don't claim to be a military expert, and I only made it to Captain in the Army before I left active duty.
I know a fair amount about military history and European history, and Putin is the tar baby who's waiting for a NATO no-fly zone, to widen the war.
Sadly, I believe our military is corrupt at the highest levels, embedded with the politically connected and woke Courtney Massengale types in the Pentagon. Our brilliant, courageous Sam Damons have been cast aside by our political leaders, most are as feckless and corrupt as the perfumed princes in the Pentagon.
As a 26 YO 1st LT, my German neighbors pleaded with me to vote for Carter, because they were sure that Reagan would start WWIII. For two months leading up to the election, I stood my ground while dining at the local gasthaus 2-3 times a week.
I was blessed with a superb education, and was fairly well read by then. I used the knowledge I had gained to advocate for Reagan, and it boiled down to one main issue: the world is a safer place when America is strong, and President Reagan was our best hope at undoing the weakness of the Carter Administration.
I was in my 4th year of my tour in Germany, and I lived off post the vast majority of the time. By that time, I spoke the language fairly well, and was able to deliver my points to my neighbors in their language.
Checkmate occurred on Inauguration Day, when the Iranian hostages landed at Ramstein AB. On my next visit to the gasthaus, I was invited to sit at the stammtische, a table reserved for family, and close friends of the family. It's an honor I cherish to this day.