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Begs the question: is it the foreign policy of the President of the United States to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom?

I agree that it is uncertain how long it will take Russia to break through Ukrainian ground defences. It is also uncertain how long the Russian economy/government finances can last out before something cracks in a big way. Which will happen first? I have no idea how long Ukraine's ground...

I imagine that a 4 engine aircraft is far better suited to being a flying testbed than a 2 engine testbed. - engines on A340/B747 provide far more thrust (200kN+) than any engine intended for use on a fighter - I imagine it is easier to convert a larger aircraft into a testbed, given it has far...

Your source quotes PPP rather than GDP. Not the same thing. I gave you a link from an economics site. Here is another list on wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

I am baffled by the 'man-man or women-women or trans-trans.' thing but I do not believe for one moment that the majority of marriages are between these people. Closer to 1%, I guess. By the way, decades ago Britain invited people from the West Indies and the Indian sub-continent to immigrate...

Most sources say that Russia has the 11th highest GDP in the world. eg https://www.forbesindia.com/article/explainers/top-10-largest-economies-in-the-world/86159/1 What is happening with the ruble? That's complicated. Suffice to say that it is forecast to keep falling, leading to higher...

EU GDP 2023 was 17 triillion euros. I don't see 50 billion euros sent to Ukraine ruining the EU. Russia GDP 2023 was less than 2 triillion euros equivalent. I do see a 200+ billion euros equivalent spent on Ukraine this year ruining Russia. (Russian numbers not precise since Russia is hiding...

I imagine that they have been rushing to get everything done for the last few weeks to ensure that everything going to Ukraine got going (by sea or air or Swift) to avoid any possibility of a new president stopping it.

My reply was to the suggestion that Turkiye should 1 become a partner in the Tempest engine project 2 the Tempest engine could be used in KAAN As far as I know (which is little) Tempest is likely to be a very large fighter since both Japan and UK want a fighter with great range, probably a...

I think the engine for the Tempest may turn out to produce much more power than is needed by the KAAN. In any event I guess that RR have been working on a design for 10+ years, given that the UK revealed its Tempest project at the Farnborough air show in 2018. With Japanese and Italian...

I do not question that Russia is gaining ground in Ukraine. Same for destroying Ukrainian armour, artillery, rocket launchers, missile launchers, fighter aircraft etc What would stop that? The only way I see of stopping Russia attacking Ukraine is through a breakdown of Russia's financial...

Fair comment but I remain curious as to when the TF35000 programme is likely to culminate in production engines coming off a production line.

I doubt that. How many years will it take before the first TF10000 production engine is produced? Even with lessons learned from TF10000 development helping to shorten the time needed to develop TF35000, when will those lessons learned be available to feed into TF35000 development? Just my...

What is the current estimate/guesstimate for KAAN with TF35000 to enter production?

I agree. It's the sensible thing to do politically. But if US won't supply F-35, why would they allow KAAN to be supplied with a US engine?

Normally to raise funds a government can go to the IMF or World Bank for a loan. Not possible for Russia. Normally to raise funds a government can sell bonds. Not possible/practical for Russia. I think. What effective interest rate would be required for buyers to be found? Agreed, printing...

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2777 This could really present problems for Russia. November 2024 wealth fund held about $128 billion December 2024 wealth fund held about $116 billion ($12 billion less in a month) At that rate of reduction, the fund would be empty before end...

The cost of the invasion of Ukraine to the world must have amounted to trillions of dollars, given the widespread inflation in food and energy it precipitated and the physical damage caused to both Russia and Ukraine. Apart from supplying weapons Europe, North America and other countries have...

How many people in the West love Russia and want it to 'win' in Ukraine?

It is difficult to ascertain what is going on in Russia (data are withheld by the state, data falsified by the state etc) but it looks like there is currently an acute shortage of labour, depressing the viability of Russian industry. If the economy does not enter severe recession, due to many...