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Are there any plans to fly it again? If not, could it be used for fatigue testing?

Who knows what is developing in Kursk- well known Ukrainian commentator Denys Davidov reports that reinforcements are being sent to Kursk by Ukraine and the Russian salient risks being cut off.

Now I understand why Ukraine launched a full scale invasion of Russia in 2022! Thanks for putting me in the picture.

An auction with only one bidder! Sounds really irresponsible to me unless .an independent valuation was obtained. Without that (and that may have been done) this sale looks very suspicious.

Agreed, pilots should spend a long time training on F-16. Ukraine cannot do that, I think. It does not have the time. That is why I suggest using F-16 in lower risk areas to do lower risk jobs. Chasing cruise missiles well away from the front line seems a task they could do. When engaged by...

Training is a problem. To be useful to Ukraine, however, do pilots need to be trained fully in every aspect of NATO-style use of the F-16? Keeping pilots chasing cruise missiles and glide bombs well away from Russian air defence threats, for example, would be very useful. Again, low risk stand...

With LCA, Tejas Mk2, MRFA, AMCA programmes years behind original schedules, will India at some point acknowledge that the way it procures and develops does not work? It baffles me that India persists with a system that results in failure after failure after failure. For a start, I would suggest...

I hope M2K does not use Link 16. If the report linked below is true, US is refusing Ukraine permission to use Link 16 on its F-16's. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/10/10/us-still-refuses-to-provide-link-16-for-ukrainian-f-16-jets/

Listening to various informed analysts, I hear that Russia is offering men over $10,000 equivalent in parts of the Russian Federation to sign up for the army. I hear that recruitment is around 1,000 a day. With that number of voluntary recruits, Russia will not run out of soldiers. Non-Russian...

The Russian approach to overhaul, repair and maintenance... https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/10/07/sinking-and-unfixed-fate-of-admiral-kuznetsov-carrier-unclear/ With money being corruptly diverted from maintenance, repair and overhaul, it is hardly surprising that Russia's armoured thrust...

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...