Moon of Alabama – July 14, 2023
Pushed by the weapon industry the U.S. Defense Department is dragging its feet over the delivery of F-16 airplanes to Ukraine:
Pentagon: Ukraine battlefield situation currently ‘not ideal’ for F-16 deployment
The battlefield conditions in Ukraine are currently “not ideal” for the employment of F-16 fighter jets, said Lieutenant General Douglas Sims, the director of operations of the Joint Staff, on July 13.
“The conditions right now for the employment of the F-16s are probably not – they’re probably not ideal,” the general said at a press briefing.
“I mean, the Russians still possess some air defense capability. They have air capability. And the number of F-16s that would be provided may not be perfect for what’s going on right now,” he clarified.
Lockheed-Martin, which still builds and sells the F-16 to various countries, is obviously not happy that the markets will soon learn that the F-16 have no fu**ing chance against modern Russian fighter planes and air-defenses.
Their coming destruction will scream “Buy Russian!” to the world and several countries will probably switch their provider and do so.
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Are “F16s” the latest ones? Or are there “F17s”? If there are “better” ones to murder the citizens of other countries with then they’d be giving them away so that you can be forced to pay for the new and “better” ones ready for WW3. If there aren’t “better” ones, then there’s no point is there?
“…the F-16 have no fu**ing chance..”
It doesnt get much plainer thatn that! 😂
I think F16’s wil have to be delivered by the European Black Nobilities elites nations, the UK and their whipping boy, NATO. I don’t see Amerika being dragged in this SMO it,s all rethoric sofar by this fellow who tries hard to look like Adolph Hitler ..
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Testing the F-16 will also test Russian air defences and if the planes get past that they’ll be tested against Russian planes. The F-16 is a good-looking plane and it can bomb the innocent where there’s no air cover but in this war the plane will be put to the test and the US seems reluctant to do that. It’s not so much the loss of planes and pilots they’re thinking about but the loss of future fighter sales. If the Sukhoi outclasses the F-16 that’ll decide the fighter jet market. Don’t need bother testing Sukhoi against the F-22 and F-35. With them it’s no longer how much “bang for your buck” as “bang for your billion”.
Are F–16’s.still known as “lawn darts”?
Asking for a friend…
These clowns can send anything, but it won’t help the losers..