RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 26, 2023 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2023 at 10:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The article points out that the problem is not actually the -task- of cleaning up or lengthening runways - or a "problem with the f-16". Monkeys can do this. It's that it would be highly visible, and so present a clear target for russian strikes.
It would make sense, truly, if russia hasn;t always had clear targets within reach and opted to shell apartment complexes and hospitals and schools, instead. I doubt there would even be a ukrainian force left to go begging for f16s if they'd dropped all of that on the heads of the actual forces, logistics hubs, and production centers that ukr relies on. I get why russia is fucking up this way, because some criminal back in moscow has dibs on the facilities and gear..but it seems like a particularly good way to lose a war to me.
It would make sense, truly, if russia hasn;t always had clear targets within reach and opted to shell apartment complexes and hospitals and schools, instead. I doubt there would even be a ukrainian force left to go begging for f16s if they'd dropped all of that on the heads of the actual forces, logistics hubs, and production centers that ukr relies on. I get why russia is fucking up this way, because some criminal back in moscow has dibs on the facilities and gear..but it seems like a particularly good way to lose a war to me.
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