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US approves sending F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands (www.reuters.com)
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"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?

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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ask yourself; why does the US have to approve this?

[-] OKRainbowKid@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 1 year ago

I don't have to ask myself, this is a well known fact, not some secret gotcha.

[-] gornar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly, literally documented!

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ask yourself, why are we selling/ leasing weapons?

[-] SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ask yourself, why James Bond is never seen having a shit?

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ask yourself why people are apathetic and make jokes about war?

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ask yourself why Chuck Norris doesn't just RKO pootin out of a 10th story window 🤨🤔🧐

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

[-] Mananasi@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago

I did ask myself. Then I looked it up and the reason makes perfect sense.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Then you’re not asking the right questions. Who is benefiting monetarily from this war?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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