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EU sending fighter jets to Ukraine for their use. Guessing EU pilot not included -- (link)

Posted by TWuG Feb 27 '22, 17:31

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https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1498077404434243591?t=snkiw9R4AGDFL9rgRAyamw&s=19 (twitter.com)

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What they could use is one of those gun ships where they can just fly over that convoy unleashing an iron rain from multiple spin barrel machine guns -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 18:08 4
- Puff the Magic Dragon -- nm - zork Feb 27, 18:13
- Ah, the good ol' AC-130 from Call of Duty -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 18:09 2
  - apparently obsolete against modern armor. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 18:14 1
    - Maybe someone can spare a few C-RAM units - zork Feb 27, 18:16
EU chief says bloc wants Ukraine as member -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 18:01 8
- But did she have to add “Not like Poland and Hungary. I mean, right?” -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 18:56
- Poroshenko pointed out that Ukraine has proven what an asset they would be to NATO. At this point only Putin would argue. -- nm - zork Feb 27, 18:29
- and Kosovo wants to fast track into NATO, with Sweden and Finland considering it finally. Good work, Putin -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 18:13 5
  - How quickly can NATO fast track these countries in? -- nm - eag Feb 27, 18:30
  - He should have seen the writing on the wall when Trump thought he was brilliant. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 18:17 1
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 18:28
  - How to Unite Europe In One Military Folly or Less by Vlad Putin -- nm - TWuG Feb 27, 18:17 1
    - This from Iron Man 3 except substitute Tony Stark with the EU and NATO and the Mandarin with Putin -- (link) - eag Feb 27, 18:24 [youtube]
Seems significant that they can fly jets into Ukraine without being shot down by the Russians, and that Ukraine has pilots. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 17:48 2
- well western Ukraine is largely untouched, and that border is about the distance from Boston to Philadelphia -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 17:53 1
  - Also mostly NATO countries -- nm - eag Feb 27, 17:58
That road to Kyiv is looking appetizing. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 17:40 6
- "Get in, losers! We're going strafing!" ... ah shit, I'm gonna go make this image -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 17:42 5
  - Saw on CNN they already use a drone strike on a convoy not sure if it that one -- nm* - eag Feb 27, 17:45 4
    - Drones courtesy of Turkey -- nm - eag Feb 27, 17:49 3
      - Are the drones armed, or are they just supplying targeting info to missiles? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 17:56 2
        
        Those were armed drones from the looks of it -- nm - eag Feb 27, 17:59 1
        
        Azeri operated drones were monumental in that Azeri_Armenian war RM talked about earlier. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 18:00
Jesus. *Within the hour*. Those are fast jets. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 17:34 4
- cruising speed is around 1500 kph. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 17:38
- Let's just hope putin doesn't send a welcome committee of Migs -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 17:37
- They're coming from old Soviet-bloc neighbors who use the same jets as Ukraine. - TWuG Feb 27, 17:36 1
  - That makes sense -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 17:38

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