Admiral Beez
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If the Poles has kept their traps shut the MiGs could have been sent. All the Poles had to do was repaint them in Ukrainian colours for Ukraine pilots to fly over the border. But Poland had to play it cute.
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Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
They clearly didn't want to do that going it alone, hence flying them through a US base. If the ruse were to be discovered, I'm not sure -- nor, apparently, were they -- that Article 5 would apply.
I bet they could still be crated up and driven over the frontier.
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SaparotRob
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And some Super Hornet and/or Viper instructions. Something to read in the waiting room. 
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
And some Super Hornet and/or Viper instructions. Something to read in the waiting room.
I'd trade MiG-29s for F-16s any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. A bit of training time, to be sure, but worth it.
ETA: I just remembered that today's a Sunday.
Admiral Beez
Major
I think the Poles wanted their replacement F-16s first.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I forgot about that bit of fine print. I'm sure that could've been discussed, and buried, with the rest of all the diplomatic chatter.
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Those MiG29s aren't currently operational for Poland, so don't represent a reduction in active force. Paint them blue and yellow, tow them to the border, and leave the keys in the ignition. Oh, and give "Juice" a call while you're at it.
microwave jammer Lipa/Ispanka - but it does not worked too well - considering speed of missiles and effect it wasn't classic MANPADS - anyway freaking effective
Escuadrilla Azul
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This is my wife french bulldog. Due to its combative spirit, I'm thinking of naming him the Ghost of Kyiv, as an ukrainian bulldog.
Slava Ukrainia!
Slava Ukrainia!
hawkeye2an
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"JUICE"
SaparotRob
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The bacon is for the dog, Dawg.
swampyankee
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There are reports that Russian forces have left behind decapitated civilians and tortured children in their latest withdrawal. Alas, powerful enough countries are immune to war crime tribunals.
On a New Zealand forum, there's talk of sending it to Pioneer or Avspecs at Ardmore, purveyors of fine P-40 and de Havilland Mosquito restorations...
I almost bought a Trabbi when I was dating an East German girl in my 20s. Her cousin in Dresden had one and was gonna sell it to us for 300 deutschmarks. We were thinking of buying it and driving it back to the UK, but to get it insured was more than the car was worth.
MiTasol
Major
I was asked if I had seen the latest John Deere ad on youtube so went looking. Could not find it but enjoyed some of the footage
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
My reading indicates that it was scuppered by American officials. Given reasons include the undesirability of flying them from a NATO base as Poland suggested, as well as the idea of flying NATO aid directly into contested airspace.
Fact check: US rejected Polish plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Polish officials announced a plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine through a U.S. base without consulting the U.S. The U.S. won't participate.
www.usatoday.com
Wow. Nothing like shifting the goalposts to declare mission completion...
Jabberwocky
Tech Sergeant
They are. Disentangling Europe from Russian oil & gas imports will take a long time.
I think only the US and UK (and maybe Canada) have enacted/introduced Russian oil & gas embargoes. Most other NATO states are seeking alternative sources (primarily Middle East and Nigeria), but getting those contracts going and then arranging export/import is not something that happens overnight. Think months, rather than days or weeks.
Russian oil exports are already starting to fall precipitously - it looks like March exports will be down by about a third compared to the average of the previous 12 months. Russia exported an average of 4.4 million barrels per day in 2021, but this looks likely to drop to about 3 million barrels for March (and probably for April too).
There's a couple of flies in the sanctions ointment though - India and China. Indian oil buyers are snapping up Russian crude at record discounts - reportedly $25-30 a barrel below pre-war market levels. India imported 6 million barrels from Russian in the first three weeks of March, or about half of what it imported from Russian in all of 2021.
China has also started to buy more Russian oil and gas, although there are a couple of things that are keeping Chinese buyers from greater imports. Russia want to be paid in Rubles, China wants to pay in Yuan. Which means they'll probably both have to do the exchanges in USD or EUR.
Medium term, you'll see most of Western Europe cut Russia out of its energy mix. Only problem is that they then have to do business with states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
SaparotRob
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I'm thinking it'll be in yuan.
What's the tallest building in Moscow?
FSB headquarters. You can see Siberia from the basement.
What's the tallest building in Moscow?
FSB headquarters. You can see Siberia from the basement.
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