hawkeye2an
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It's too bad the F-16 doesn't have the MiG-29's intake bypass and big tires for rough strip ops. Clearly the Americans never intended to operate the aircraft from anything but smooth and long runways. In this respect, the SAAB Gripen seems a better fit, though not nearly available in immediate quantities.MSN
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I know this has been reported up-thread a little but I had to comment on the Russian response:
Germany confirms it will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks
Russia has downplayed the impact of the move, saying Western tanks will "burn like all the rest".www.bbc.com
Russia's ambassador to the US said the news was "another blatant provocation".
And the Kremlin spokesman said Germany's reported decision would "bring nothing good" and leave "a lasting mark" on relations with Russia.
It's remarkable to me that the Kremlin still seems to think that the West really cares about future relations with Putin's Russia. Putin has burned so many political bridges that it's impossible for any normalization of relations with the West until he's replaced. Yet, somehow, in Kremlin-land, Germany is supposed to be worried by these threats related to the provision of Leo 2s to Ukraine? Like Russia's steps to hold the West hostage to oil and gas supplies didn't have a "lasting mark" on German-Russian relations.
As to the "provocation" peace, surely Russia is the only country in the world where even providing defensive weapons, like SAMs, to their adversary is deemed "provocative"? Yes, I know tanks are a bit different...but, really, if they hadn't invaded then we wouldn't be in this situation (oh, and many tens of thousands of people would not have been killed).
Please can the Russian people get rid of these clowns? PLEASE?????
It's too bad the F-16 doesn't have the MiG-29's intake bypass and big tires for rough strip ops. Clearly the Americans never intended to operate the aircraft from anything but smooth and long runways. In this respect, the SAAB Gripen seems a better fit, though not nearly available in immediate quantities.
Of course not. To do so would commit USAF to operating from the bush on occasion, far from their precious creature comforts, almost like Marines.It's too bad the F-16 doesn't have the MiG-29's intake bypass and big tires for rough strip ops. Clearly the Americans never intended to operate the aircraft from anything but smooth and long runways.
F-16's operate just fine from the same roadways as UAF MiG 29's currently do.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfkGQ97qlA
F-16's operate just fine from the same roadways as UAF MiG 29's currently do.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfkGQ97qlA
Looks like a smooth and long runway to me, not your average road. A little narrow, maybe, but uncommonly straight and smooth. Well swept, to boot.
There are a lot of feasibility issues too.The main problem with hydrogen technology, is that hydrogen is readily available, meaning it cannot be easily monopolized by corporations.
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