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Sorry, my mistake. I meant an aircraft to be used by Turkish air force that did not use US components whose supply could be blocked by US. Are there any European, Russian or Chinese engines that could be used to replace F110 without redesigning KAAN?

Could a NATO member be 'thrown under the bus' by the west as happened to Poland in the past? Perhaps you are not talking of being defended if attacked?

If Turkiye has a high degree of confidence that it can produce a viable engine for KAAN eventually (of which I have no idea), why not just bite the bullet and procure or assemble a non-US, ITAR-free interim fighter? That would cover for KAAN with TF35000 not being available until the 2040's. Not...

I am ignorant about Georgia but I agree that it was a massive mistake of the west not to respond strongly to the takeover of Crimea and the Donbass. The unknown quantity to me is Trump. If the US were to raise and continue support for Ukraine, I think that Russia would bury itself...

Putin has just said that I am now fair game to be attacked because UK-built Storm Shadows were used to strike Kursk. Perhaps Ukraine should threaten to strike Iran and North Korea because their weapons are used against Ukrainian soil? I shall now contact my political representative to ask him...

I lost track. Did the EU produce the million shells they said they were going to produce in a year to ship to Ukraine? I thought China was being very careful to avoid getting sanctioned due to involvement with arms supply to Russia. I guess the US must be China's biggest export customer for...

Russia GDP around $2 trillion Iran GDP around $500 billion North Korea GDP around $30 billion Actually, nowhere near $4 trillion. I did not check, just gave a generous number with a question mark. My point is that GDP of Ukraine + allies is vastly greater than GDP of Russia + allies.

Obviously when I write 'Russia + allies' I do not think Russia is alone.

Long range missile attacks on Moscow: extremely unlikely to provoke a nuclear response IMO. I can imagine Putin thinking about detonating a low yield nuclear device - somewhere where it does no damage, like over the Arctic ocean - as a demonstration that he is prepared to escalate to nuclear...

Putin has laid down many lines that cannot be crossed, backed by threats of going nuclear if they are. Many, if not all, have been crossed. I suggested only that Ukraine strike military assets in Russia and assets used to produce weapons and ammunition. I did not suggest firing missiles at...

What is the scenario? If you mean Russia being subject to Ukraine attacking Russian military assets within Russia used to attack Ukraine (air bases, command centres, ammunition dumps, factories producing military equipment and ammunition etc) I would expect Russia to intensify attacks on...

I don't like your manners too much. Perhaps you could cut back on the insulting arrogance? The timidity of the west has allowed Russia to set the rules in this conflict. If the west wants Ukraine to survive, the west needs to allow its weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike inside Russia. If...

When you attack another country that resists and other countries come to its aid, they are not pushing the aggressor into a nuclear war. You seem to think that resisting aggression when attacked is reckless and clueless. I don't. Perhaps you agree with me except in the case where Russia is the...

I don't ignore GDP figures etc but I treat them with suspicion unless published by an independent source committed to accuracy. However, I believe that some figures published by IMF (or was it World Bank?) recently were actually just figures given to them by the Russian government. I don't...

Bank rate, exchange rate values cannot be faked. Statistics compiled by government (Russia or Ukraine) can be faked. I think that both will alter the numbers to suit their propaganda purposes.

Funny thing who people hate. I spent a few hours twice with one of these so much hated Anglo-Saxons. He flew off a British carrier (1941/1942?) to deliver a fighter to northern Russia. Had a fight with German fighters on the way but got to his destination. He was later made a Hero of the Soviet...

Russian economy continues on its downhill path yesterday - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB today - ruble slides to 1USD = 103.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 Going down at that rate...

Russian economy continues on its downhill path - ruble slides to 1USD = 101.30 RUB right now https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/currency#:~:text=The%20USDRUB%20increased%200.7005%20or,on%20November%2021%20of%202024 - inflation is not falling as hoped...

Russia is certainly burning through its stockpile of stored weapons. It has sufficient recruits to keep troop levels high but at the cost of burning through its workforce, stripping the economy of labour in order to send it to Ukraine. I do not think that Ukraine can regain on the battlefield...