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What tough talk? I am suggesting that Ukraine takes sensible military measures to reduce attacks on it from within Russia. If actively reducing aggression by Russia risks enraging Putin to the point that he will unleash nuclear weapons, that IMO is a risk that needs to be taken. The alternative...

I really do want Ukraine to take steps to strike inside Russia. IMO it is the most effective way to reduce the level of air launched strikes against Ukraine. There is no good reason not to do that. Russia accorded itself the privilege of cross border attacks into Ukraine. I see no good reason...

I don't know the exact number. Nobody does but I think that the UK MOD tries to provide accurate information in its assessments of what is happening in Ukraine. Half a million casualties in the Russian army does not strike me as unrealistic. The tactics employed by Russian commanders do not...

That's what I hoped F-16 would be used for - glide bomb and missile strikes into the next door country. Unfortunately that's not what Mr Biden wants. He prefers over border strikes in just one direction!

At the moment Russia is gaining on the ground in Ukraine but losing a larger number of soldiers in the process. How many of the 35,000+ killed or wounded in September will recover to be able to fight again or work again is not indicated.

If an alternative to a US engine is desired for Hurjet, there are 2 potential substitutes in the pipeline - the Indian Kaveri engine (probably producing around 75kN thrust), available possibly 2030 onwards - the proposed ROK engine (aimed at producing similar thrust to the 98kN GE F414)...

I wonder how many F-16 are operating in Ukraine now. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/10/07/ukraine-has-officially-received-a-fresh-batch-of-f-16-jets/

You seem to have missed the boolean logic in what I wrote. PS I prefer not to be placed in your simplistic and erroneous group of 'all you Westerners'. Sorry, I find some of what you write to be unsubstantiated nonsense.

Ironic, isn't it, that there were Jews living for centuries in the area of what is now recognised as Israel. Following your logic, that land can only ever be Jewish. Of course, that does require you to ignore all the other peoples who inhabited the area over the centuries otherwise it could...

I'm not convinced that Russia is fighting in Ukraine for its existence. Ukraine has never had any designs on invading and conquering Russia. I think that the biggest threat to Russia's existence as a viable state is continuing to fight in Ukraine. Kiev the capital of Russia? Are there any maps...

My bad. I was thinking of 6G engines, not 5G engines.

As far as I know South Korea is hoping to develop an engine with similar thrust to GE F414 by 2035. That would not be sufficient thrust for the engine to be used in Kaan. What changes would be needed for TF35K to become a 5G engine? Why take on a much more demanding development challenge when...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-budget-soviet-b1185899.html The massive attack on Ukraine, which all expected to succeed in defeating the country in a few days or weeks, did not succeed. The prospects of a drawn out war succeeding were very poor once...

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-ukraine-strikes-russian-airfield/ Unless Ukraine (a) has weapons capable of shooting down the aircraft launching glide bombs (b) attacks those aircraft in Russian air space before they launch the glide bombs the glide bomb attacks can continue...

In some cases Russia is being reduced to barter in order to trade internationally. Companies in other countries do not want payment in rubles, banks do not want to be involved in buying or selling rubles...

I asked a question, so I don't have an assertation to argue but I would say that referenda held in controversial circumstances should not be considered valid unless independent observers report them as being free and fair. The Russian regime now in power is not known for its interest in free...

If a large majority of the inhabitants of the Donbas - excluding recent immigrants from Russia - do not want to be Ukrainian citizens, is it worth Ukraine conquering the area?

If 180 ballistic missiles can do no more damage than that to Israel, how much of a threat is BM attack from Iranian soil? It looks like a very expensive failure to me. Mass drone attacks next from Iran?

Sanctions were supposed to have a devastating effect on the Russian economy. Oil and gas production was supposed to drop lower and lower due to the withdrawal of western expertise and specialist equipment. That has not happened, in part because equipment has been ordered by other countries then...

Russia stopped publishing a lot of economic data some time ago. Why would it do that? I think nobody disputes that the Russian economy is growing strongly, attributable largely to strong growth in defence production. But I would say that the war is having a bad effect on Russia economically ...