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To: Czech_Occidentalist

Based on this comment I think you have little idea about military affairs.
All of the above gear in such numbers is going to last maybe three weeks, 60% of it less than a week in the conflict the scale of Ukraine.


101 posted on 06/18/2022 3:23:14 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

What? Poland will have more tanks than Ukraine had at the beginning of the war and of much better quality: 250 M1A2 SEPV 3 (the best tank in the world, perhaps Leopard 2A7+ is of comparable quality), 350 M1A1 (better than most Russian tanks), 250 Leopard 2 (better than most Russian tanks), 250 PT-91 (some Russian tanks are better, some are worse).

Poland will have a modern air defense system: 8 batteries of Patriot missiles (not 8 launchers) and more batteries of CAMM-ER missiles, all linked together with the IBCS, 32 F-35s which can easily attack behind enemy lines and destroy the Russian air defense, 48 F-16s. The Russian air force is crap compared with this: They don’t dare fly deep inside Ukraine because they are afraid of getting shot down with the outdated Ukrainian air defense systems.

You don’t seem to realize how much damage hundreds of M142 HIMARS launchers armed with M31 GMLRS missiles can cause (these have a longer range than Russian Grads and a CEP of 5m). If Ukraine had, say, 40 M142 launchers with 4,000 GMLRS missiles, the Russians would be running away from the Donbas.

What can Russia send against these systems? What they sent to Ukraine isn’t that impressive. Yes, they have lots of artillery, but their infantry and air force are of poor quality. A decent air force would destroy the Russian artillery from the air or it can be destroyed by GMLRS missiles which outrange it.


103 posted on 06/18/2022 5:36:21 AM PDT by Czech_Occidentalist
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