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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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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

europeans insisting they're independent countries but they need Uncle Sam's permission to send their own military hardware anywhere 🤔

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the real world where US jets can't be re-exported without the US' approval, where nobody can re-export Isreali-build missiles without Israel's approval, where Switzerland blocks the delivery of ammunition produced by a Swiss company or where Estonia couldn't even send old howitzers to Ukraine without Germany's approval although those were actually soviet-build and only for a short time owned by Germany (via ex-GDR stocks)...

This has exactly zero to do with the US or Europe but with the internationally agreed terms of arms export that absolutely everyone agreed upon... or most arms trade would mostly cease to exist.

But that's okay... we can live with the US being dependent on Europeans to send NASAMS to Ukraine and having to ask for approval first.

But nice atttempt at trolling...