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Ukraine F-16 Speculation Mounts as Russia Loses 8 Fighter Jets in 3 Weeks (www.newsweek.com)

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[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 91 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

3 of those 8 were shot down by patriot missiles. I like speculating too, but I would think photos of F16s operating in Ukraine would leak pretty quickly just from excited civilians or air force crew

[-] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 54 points 11 months ago

Was thinking "what speculation"? An F-16 is going to draw a lot of attention very very quickly. Nobody is speculating because either they have them or they don't and it's not much of a secret.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Those mofos are loud, too. No secret when they're overhead, either.

[-] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 49 points 11 months ago

You can't even have your mobik bro suck your dick behind a bombed out building without someone filming you both getting blown up. I suspect we would know fairly quickly if they had them up and running. Not saying it's not possible but I'd be very impressed if they did and we had not seen them on the internet by now.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

We gave them prototype f16’s with the new fancy invisibility paint! The paint makes them sooo stealthy, that they can’t be seen!

[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

> You can’t even have your mobik bro suck your dick behind a bombed out building without someone filming you both getting blown up.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Seeing that....uh....Special Military Operation being performed on the battlefield in the middle of a war was eye-opening, to say the least.

It's now preserved for all human history as well. What a fucked up time-line we are on.

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

There's also the one the Russians shot down themselves.

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