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Another Russian KA-52 helicopter shot down newr the front. The Russian attack helicopter fleet continues to take a pounding in this war. Russian reinforcements in the Andriivka / Klishchiivka area were decimated upon their arrival to the front. In this video you can see the carnage...

USA 🇺🇸 has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $400 million usd. The contents of the package include the following. - 32 Strykers APCs - Hornet nano observation drones - Additional AIM-120 / AIM-9X NASAMS missiles - Additional 155mm artillery shells - Additional 105mm...

Well said. USA has been footing the bill for North American and European defense for far too long. There are a number of European countries with serious skin in the game regarding the outcome of this war, that could and should step up substantially. Some already have. See Poland and the Baltic...

A stalemate, undeniably, is advantageous to Ukraine, as long as Westen funding is "in it" for the long haul. Russia's economy has shown significant cracks in it and it's manufacturing capacity is dwarfed by the West's collective ability to ramp over time and overwhelm Russian production...

Defense in depth will be important for Ukraine, as it has been been throughout the war. Russia has has proven time and again thay everytime they advance in a region they become stretched too thin, have their logistics and supplies targeted by Ukrainian long range weapons and they become...

Ukraine only has 2 Patriot systems and 1 SAMP/T for the interception of ballistic missiles. They can intercept cruise and drones in other regions, but it's widely believed that Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv have the Patriot and SAMP/T batteries. The reaninder of the country is being protected by tier 2...

Germany 🇩🇪 announced that the first batch of 175+ Leopard 1A5 MBTs has been delivered to Ukraine. They are part of a package that was delivered this week. It includes the following. - 10x Leopard 1A5 MBT - 20x MG3 Machine guns for vehicles - 1305x 155mm artillery shells - 2060x 155mm smoke...

Britain 🇬🇧 will send an additional 40 FV103 Spartan APCs to Ukraine. According to the source reporting, the APCs are set to arrive in Ukraine during the next 30 days. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/110747957460453408

A couple military aid packages for Ukraine are set to be announced in the coming days. I'll have links as they're official. USA 🇺🇸 is going to provide a $400 million usd package from drawdown authority, consisting mostly of ammunition. The package will include the following. - PAC 2/3 Patriot...

My thoughts exactly. No way does Poland 🇵🇱 have 20 functional Mig-29s left. 12 seems about correct, with spare parts in aggregate that might get you close to a couple more. That said, Poland shouldn't be expected to send their last 12'ish Mig-29s without being backfilled by superior aircraft...

Juicy new defense package from USA 🇺🇸 for Ukraine, in the amount of $1.3 Billion USD. Note that this package comes from USAI, which procures direct from industry, rather than from drawdown authority, which takes items out of exisiting U.S. military stockpiles. As a result, USAI packages take...

No inconvenience at all! 1. The United States has more than 5500 M1A1 and M1A2 MBTs. They just retired more than 400 of them from the Marine Corps and plan to put them into storage, likely never to be used again. Thus far the United States has committed 31 M1A1s to Ukraine. Ukrainians are being...

My comment was reference the 60 year old Chieftain MBTs, not the mini subs. Apologies for the confusion.

The idea, of course, is for the West to buy the Ukrainian T-80Us back at a premium. Cash strapped Pakistan would then have additional funds to buy more VT-4s (or something similar) from the Chinese. They're desperately trying to upgrade their military, but they don't have the cash to do it with...

They've already floated the idea that they would, at the right price. They're in deep financial despair. They'd gladly sell a couple batallions worth if a Western country was willing to pay a nice premium on their intrinsic value. They need foreign currency (especially usd) in the worst way...

There are thousands of much better tanks (in terms of both survivability and capability) in Western inventories, that could and should be sent long before these old 1960's relics... Furthermore, there are hundreds more T-80s and T-72s in Cyprus, Morroco and Pakistan, that the West could buy /...

Netherlands 🇳🇱, Belgium 🇧🇪 and Luxembourg 🇱🇺 will send Ukraine additional M113 APCs from their stockpiles. The exact number has not been made known. https://english.nv.ua/nation/belgium-luxembourg-and-the-netherlands-to-provide-ukraine-with-apcs-50339992.html

Yes... Junk weapons in modern combat. Mobile coffins. I don't want to see Ukrainian soldiers in big, lightly armoured targets like Chieftains.

Chieftains are definitely not ideal. It would be similar to the U.S. sending M-60 Pattons. Any Chieftains sent will likely take on the same role as the Russins T-62 and T-55 mbts. Essentially, stationary turretsfor the defensive, and units that can be used by reserve forces to occupy an area...

I've long said the following (or something similar) could change an entire front of the war. 100 Storm Shadow (Britain) 100 SCALP (France) 100 Taurus (Germany) 200 JASSM (USA) 200 ATACMS (USA) 500 JDAM-ER (USA) The amount of damage that Ukraine could do to supply depots, command posts...