Admiral Beez
Major
I'm not on staff here, go ahead and respond. I only surmised based on evidence thus far that you'd reply with a rhetorical question rejecting the post. But I'm not psychic and anything else will surprise me for sure.
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I'm not on staff here, go ahead and respond. I only surmised based on evidence thus far that you'd reply with a rhetorical question rejecting the post. But I'm not psychic and anything else will surprise me for sure.Well I was going to respond, but since you know whats going on in my head (twice now you have claimed this) I see no point. I'll check in with you before I respond to anyone including my wife so you can tell me what I'm going to say.
I'm not on staff here, go ahead and respond. I only surmised based on evidence thus far that you'd reply with a rhetorical question rejecting the post. But I'm not psychic and anything else will surprise me for sure.
I think even a limited no-fly zone is going to lead to NATO and Russian aircraft engaging. Putin will not recognize its legality because it would be interpreted as providing a safe harbor for Ukrainian forces. Also, as refugees leave through the corridor, Putin would argue that military supplies are flowing in the other direction under the cover of the no-fly zone. Which he would probably be correct about, because that is what I would use it for as well.No-fly zone above Ukraine can no longer be taboo. There is a solution. - European Values Center for Security Policy
The mistakes of the Russian army are piling up. The attack on the nuclear power plant was one of them. The Kremlin is clearly incapable of turning the tide of the war to achieve its objectives, it should have taken a completely different path, one of de-escalation. Provide humanitarian corridors...europeanvalues.cz
Perhaps things won't be easy for the Russians in Belarus either. If Putin can't take Ukraine the citizens of Belarus have a road map to true independence.Didn't the leader of Belarus not show forces moving into Moldova on his map?
I think even a limited no-fly zone is going to lead to NATO and Russian aircraft engaging. Putin will not recognize its legality because it would be interpreted as providing a safe harbor for Ukrainian forces.
If a NATO plane shoots down a Russian plane anywhere, even in the middle of the Atlantic it's an declaration of war by NATO.Putin will not recognize legality of a no-fly zone above other country??
You think? They cant take a big city but will take on Nato? 60 clicks of convoy with not enough gas to disperse? In what universe would that give the russians convidence to start a third front?If a NATO plane shoots down a Russian plane anywhere, even in the middle of the Atlantic it's an declaration of war by NATO.
Yeah.Putin will not recognize legality of a no-fly zone above other country??
True, but I think the best no fly enforcement is effective SAMs, not fighter aircraft.The artical also mentioned non-NATO countries conducting no-fly enforcement.
I'm sorry but I feel that this is going down a blind alley.A neutral aircraft enforcing a no-fly zone does not have to touch Ukrainian soil or Russian occupied soil.
It can enter, traverse and enforce the no-fly area without involving one side or the other.
Yep, and the first thing that will happen is that the operating base will be targeted.I'm sorry but I feel that this is going down a blind alley.
a) If any nation NATO or not want to enforce a no fly zone then that will involve firing of Russian forces, and will be taken as the opening of hostilities
b) Only NATO has the forces to try such a thing