Sunday, August 20, 2023

How bad a guest must you be for this to happen…

 “ Dutch Pledge to Send F-16s to Ukraine During Zelenskiy Visit”—Bloomberg.  

Oh, not an attack, but a promise to give some as soon as the pilots are trained, which probably means never. Besides, while Israel has the capability to use its F16s to avoid Russian air defenses that doesn’t mean Ukraine will. A lot has to do with the avionics package: the Israelis have their own which I doubt they will share.

2 comments:

  1. Because the Israelis sell our stuff to the Chinese. But hey, a buck is a buck.

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    1. Israel is probably the worse offender--even worse than the Chinese and Indians--when it comes to stealing U.S. technology.

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