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New American $3 Billion defense package for Ukraine has been released and it's enormous. This is what it contains. 50x Bradley M2 IFVs with 500 TOW missiles and 250,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition. 100x M113 APCs 138x HMMWVs 55x MRAPs 18x M109A6 Paladin, 155mm Self Propelled Howitzers 18x...

They'll make due for now. That's largely what Russia is using on the other side and the defender (especially backed by Western intelligence) has a huge advantage.

We're escalating slowly, gauging the Kremlin's reaction, while clearing out the backlog of mostly obsolete Western weapons, which will allow for the purchase of a lot of new toys among the Western countries. In the process, we're bleeding the Russian army (and thus its threat) dry for a...

I don't think Ukraine is particularly short on tanks, especially as more T-72s flow in from the Czech Republic and Poland in 2023. I think you'll see about 150-200 more of them come into the country via the international community. Many of them are / will be in the process of being upgraded and...

The TOW capability of the Bradley is what really makes it a significant upgrade for the Ukrainians. While not a javelin, TOW is still a very capable anti-armor weapon, good out to about 3000 meters. Ukraine can wreck a lot of Russian armor if they can get their hands on a couple hundred Bradleys.

Nice! The Sea Sparrow is a reasonably cheap, but effective alternative to some of Ukraine's other air defense capabilities. Especially against drones and the like. Shorter ranged, but really precise. I'd be curious to know (not that they'll tell us) how many Ukrainian BUK launchers are basically...

The Russians want no part of any of the newer model / variant F-16s. Russia doesn't have enough advanced dog fighters and air superiority fighters to even risk them entering Patriot / Iris-T / SAMP/T protected air space, to try and challenge the F-16's. Even if they did get through Ukrainian air...

Russian systems are soooo far behind modern American tech, it's not even funny. Can you imagine what would happen if AWACS enabled / Data linked F-35s and F-22s were to come up against Russian military aircraft with Garmin GPS systems on board? I mean this as seriously as one could ever say it...

What Russia lacks is the industrial base to mass produce weapons, the ease of access for key weapons components that they were procuring from the West, and the general lack of skill in creating weapons systems that adequately compete with Western weapons. Virtually every weapon system they have...

Not only will the USA send Bradley's to Ukraine, it's going to be announced to tomorrow as part of $3 Billion dollar aid package for the Ukrainians. Bradley's aren't that expensive fella's. This is going to be a substantial, tasty package. Also, of important note, not only has Germany agreed to...

That video could be of Bradley's being pre-positioned in Poland for distribution to the Ukrainians, but it also very well could be the armored vehicles belonging to the airborne regiments / divisions currently rotating in and out of Poland. Namely the 101st and 82nd.

The reality is that Russians have absolutely no chance of winning a war against NATO in conventional fashion. It's only their nuclear capability that deserves respect. The majority of their military is in shambles compared to their top adversaries (as the Ukrainians have time and time again)...

The sad reality is that the West is simply offloading most of its old equipment, bleeding Russia out, as long as Ukraine is willing and able to bleed with them. The collective West will, in turn, get all the new military toys they want, after sending a lot of stored inventory to Ukraine. It...

President Biden confirmed today that Bradley Fighting Vehicles are now on the table for Ukraine Usually, conformation like that leads to a delivery conformation shortly thereafter. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/biden-says-bradley-fighting-vehicles-are-table-ukraine-2023-01-04/ I...

USA is going to pass another spending bill that includes $44 Billion for Ukraine and Eastern Europe in 2023. - $20 Billion of that money is earmarked for direct military aid to Ukraine. - $6 Billion earmarked to bolster U.S. military presence in NATO countries in Eastern Europe. - $13 Billion...

The newly announced USA weapons package for Ukraine is one of the largest, most significant we've seen yet. It includes the procurement of ammunition for Ukraine's Russian made legacy systems, now they can't get it from Russia. Several Eastern European countries make the ammunition and the USA...

The USA will be announcing a $1.8 Billion aid package for Ukraine tomorrow, in conjunction with Zelensky's White House appearance. The full extent of the package is not yet known, but it definitely includes the following. - At least 1 Patriot Missile Battery. - JDAMs (guided bombs) for Ukraine...

It was previously announced that the United States and The Netherlands would co-fund a project, through the Czech Republic, to repair, modernize and upgrade 90, T-72 tanks. Due to a donation of parts from an unnamed African nation (most suspect Morocco), the Czechs will now be able to supply 120...

Sweden announced a 9th military aid package for Ukraine, it's largest one yet. The total value of the package, nor its specific components were announced, but the following was released. The package includes an undisclosed air defense system, components for another air defense system, and what...

To follow up on my post from earlier, I have a deep suspicion that Morocco will actually be sending full T-72 tanks to Ukraine, in pieces, similar to the way countries sent aircraft to Ukraine earlier in the conflict, but did so as "parts" and "spare parts". Why would this specifically make...