“I am writing to express the United States’ full support for both the transfer of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and for the training of Ukrainian pilots by qualified F-16 instructors […] It remains critical that Ukraine is able to defend itself against ongoing Russian aggression and violation of its sovereignty” said Blinken.
Will this solidify a Ukrainian victory?
U.S. officials have privately said that F-16 jets would have been of little help to Ukraine in its current counteroffensive and will not be a game changer when they eventually arrive given Russian air defense systems and contested skies over Ukraine
Or will Russian radar and missle systems tear them up?
Ask yourself; why does the US have to approve this?
I don’t have to ask myself, this is a well known fact, not some secret gotcha.
Exactly, literally documented!
That’s what they want you to think.
You can actually look it up. Munitions cannot be sold or transferred without the consent of the fabricating country. Asking yourself is so much better when you’ve got facts!
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Ask yourself, why are we selling/ leasing weapons?
Why telling people to ask themselves, when you could just say what you want to say?
If you’re trying to communicate and get a point across that’s way better.
I did ask myself. Then I looked it up and the reason makes perfect sense.
Because we made the things and only lease them to other countries? Mainly cause other countries don’t want the full maintenance costs of our platforms.
I don’t know that is the case, but it seems like a fairly logical way to ensure that our platforms don’t get sold on the black market by anyone other than US