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You make it sound like Hamas are these likeable people who would not hurt anyone. The savagery of October 7th suggests otherwise. If you have read what I have written on this forum, you will be aware that this westerner is no supporter of Israel. Nor are many, many people in the UK. The Jewish...

I do not view barbaric behaviour as barbarism when exhbiited by one group but not by another. Do you? Who is bad in the Palestinian case? In my opinion many parties over more than 100 years. In the Ukrainian case? Russia attacked Ukraine not as a preemptive move because iRussia was under threat...

On October 7th Hamas killed/maimed civilians in Israel for their gratification. In Gaza IDF soldiers took pot shots at people queueing for food and killed/maimed civilians for their gratification. Same intention to kill/maim civilians. Both sets of inhuman bastards committed crimes against...

True. Hamas kills women, children and old people and is considered a terrorist organisation by many countries. Israel kills women, children and old people yet curiously is NOT considered a terrorist organisation by many countries. It makes no sense that two entities acting identically are...

There are many reports of the internet being closed down now and then by the Russian government. This prevents electronic payments and use of ATM's to withdraw cash. At the same time there are reports of heavy withdrawals from Russian banks, described by some as a 'bank run'. It may simply be...

With manipulation of the population over the years for political reasons, who knows whether the majority of people living in Donbas in 2014 wanted to remain as part of Ukraine. If they did not (and there is now a big majority in favour of being part of Russia) what is the point of tying to...

I saw a glimpse of the production line in a video. It shows aircraft 015 being worked on. Presumably there are at least 15 aircraft being worked on at the same time. I believe I read that the second production aircraft was rolled out in the last few days.

Sensationalist headline. Famine is characterised by people being deprived of the food needed for minimum nourishment. The writer should be talking of low US agricultural production in 2026. I guess that lack of fertiliser / high cost of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict is largely...

This might help clarify things. https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/south-korea-weighs-kf-21-block-2-production-delay-amid-rising-costs Agreed, an export order probably will not reduce the price, just keep the line moving at its intended speed.

I think you misunderstood me. ROK intends taking deliveries more slowly, reportedly because the price is rising). My suggestion for KAI is to try to close export enquiries to keep the line running at a desirable speed.

KF-21 production may be slowed due to rising production costs. Time to try to close export deals for the phase 2 version (A2A and A2G capable)? That could maintain the production rate if ROK wants to slow delivery rate https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10736223

Putin has the problem that he declared 2 Ukrainian oblasts to be part of Russia even though they were not completely occupied by Russian troops. How does he stop if that means leaving parts of these 2 new 'Russian' oblasts in Ukrainian hands? A fine old mess Putin has got himself into. The...

BBC reports that Putin has said the Ukraine war may be coming to an end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8p4j2jzwwo I don't see it. There are Russian oblasts (Kherson, Zaporizhia) partially held by Ukraine. Putin may regret annexing those oblasts - he can't agree to surrendering parts of...

https://www.airdatanews.com/ukraine-gripen-deal-within-months/ This would come too late to affect the war, wouldn't it? There is a consensus that Gripen suits Ukrainian needs better than other fighters, Early in the war Europe could have organised an initial Gripen capability for Ukraine by...

IMO a good psychological move would have been to attack targets elsewhere in the Moscow region to remind all in Red Square that Ukraine is able to attack any target in Moscow if it wishes. They might lose all the drones concerned but air raid sirens and distant bangs will suggest to all invited...

Are you saying that once the US engine is replaced with TF35000 the US cannot stop Turkiye making or exporting the aircraft?

Apart from the engine are there any other ITAR controlled systems in the aircraft?

Latvia is playing the same game as Belarus, isn't it? According to my memory the attack on Ukraine involved Russian use of Belarus territory.

If Putin wanted the annual commemoration of victory in the Great Patriotic War to take place in Red Square in Moscow, why did he not accept the Ukrainian proposal of a ceasefire starting earlier? He might have avoided shipping lots of air defence systems to Moscow for the event. Now several...

The myth that things were going well for Russia in its campaign against Ukraine has been dropped on state-controlled TV with an acknowledgement that Russian air defence is inadequate. Unless I am mistaken, distribution of photos or videos by citizens showing the results of attacks on Russia is...