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The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army aviation operate on a completely different level than the Russian "equivalent". It's not even a contest. The integration in operability between American air assets is a carefully orchestrated chess maneuvre. See for example, their initial plan for the invasion...

Too big, slow and expensive, IMO. The Reaper is a BIG target and much easier for the Russians to locate and shoot down. At nearly $17 million USD each (not counting payload), I think the Ukrainians could get better "bang for their buck" elsewhere. One Reaper is the same price as 9-10 Bayraktars...

There are so many man portable AA systems on the ground in Ukraine that the Russian Air Force would be taking a huge risk in flying deep into Central and Western Ukraine. The Ukrainian jets and helos are flying extremely low level, where as the Russian jets have to stay "high and away" not to be...

Ideally, they'd send about 250 HMMVS, with a mix of TOW, Grenade launchers and .50 caliber machines guns mounted on them. Highly mobile vehicles, with anti-armor systems and the operators can also use stingers and other MANPADS from them. The Americans have more HMMVs than they know what to do...

Thank you! Those were the details I was looking for.

The EU announced another $540 million in military spending for Ukraine. Details surrounding what the money will be spent on have not yet been released. In concert, U.S. President Joe Biden announced another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, but like the EU, didn't specify exactly what...

It's 150+ km from Kharkiv, behind enemy lines, in an area controlled by Russia. Do you know of any Ukrainian artillery with 150+ km of range? Because I certainly don't. That's like asking why the Russians didn't just hang out at Chernobyl and send artillery rounds into Kyiv. They don't have the...

Canada announces an additional $500 million in military aid for Ukraine. The specifics surrounding what will be purchased with the money were not released. Simultaneously, Canada announced $100 million more in humanitarian spending to help deal with the Ukranian refugee crisis in Europe...

Their economy is a a complete joke, which is insane given the depth of natural resource base, the size of the country, easy access to shipping, etc. However, the people make the choice to live in poverty and under tyranny so nobody feels sorry for them, nor should they.

I mentioned something similar, multiple times, earlier in this thread. I'm sure some people thought I was simply throwing shade at Russia, but I was being serious. Russia is a poverty country. They have nearly 4x the population of Canada, yet they have a smaller GDP because of how badly the...

A couple things here... - Harpoon missiles are largely obsolete against modern ship defense symptoms, but they are still plenty capable of destroying landing craft, supply ships, etc. They'll definitely be enough to stave off any idea of an amphibious landing in Odessa. That would be a massacre...

It's time for wealthy Western nations such as Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Spain etc... To send a new round of weapons systems to Ukraine. It's fine if some of those countries don't have the inventory to send. Buy the inventories (at a premium if you must) off of some of South...

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced today, a further shipment of weapons to Ukraine, in the amount of $100 million British pounds ($130 million USD). The package includes the following... - Undisclosed number of additional Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles. - 800 anti-tank missiles of...

Australia sending $26.5 million dollars worth of anti-armor weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, along with the 20 Bushmasters already announced. The type of anti-armor weapons has not been disclosed, but the feeling is that it is Javelin missiles, from the Australian stockpile, which will be...

There are no "good guys" in war. Just winners and losers. It's an ugly reality. If anybody thinks that the atrocities being committed in Ukrainians towns and villages, against civilians, are going to be met with fair treatment of captured Russian soldiers... You're not living in reality. I...

With all due respect intended towards this effort, and absolute respect towards the Australians for stepping up, the quantities of vehicles being sent, as of now, are not sufficient for successful, large scale, Ukrainian counter offensives. Below would make a difference... 250 T-72 tanks, from...

Misleading from Blinken because many thousands of those "anti-tank" weapons are AT4 rockets, LAW rockets, Carl Gustav recoiless weapons, etc. Those systems are effective against lightly armored vehicles and troops carriers, however, they are ineffective against main battle tanks. They don't...

There is no doubt that they work. The problem is the pace at which Raytheon can produce new batches en masse, and the question of who is going to pay for each purchase. Ukraine wants 500 per day. That's, obviously, unrealistic. They'd be lucky to get 500 per month going forward, between cost and...

USA sending $100 million (USD) more worth of Javelin missiles to Ukraine. We don't know the details about how many Javelin launchers vs replacement missiles, are in the package. Assuming a mix of both launchers, which cost around $240,000 and replacement missiles, which cost about $78,000, it's...

One can hope that the news about Poland buying 250 U.S. battle tanks, will enable them to send, at least, 100 of their T-72s to Ukraine. They're certainly not new tanks, but they would go a long way towards filling in the gaps with regards to some of the losses they've suffered to their own...