r/neoliberal • u/RabidGuillotine PROSUR • Oct 14 '24

The Impending Betrayal of Ukraine Opinion article (non-US)

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/impending-betrayal-ukraine
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u/SouthernSerf Norman Borlaug Oct 14 '24

This is pure Ukrainian propaganda. Ukraine is doing the equivalent of drive by shootings. They are not engaging in complex air operations to suppress Russian air defense, they’re not interdicting Russian units behind the lines, they’re not using CAS in support of ground operations. Ukraine is using clever insurgent tactics in the air to attack targets of opportunity, but that’s nowhere near the same as launching an air campaign in support of ground operations.

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u/Jigsawsupport Oct 14 '24

"This is pure Ukrainian propaganda"

WTF

No your right I take it back, having your Submarines explode in port, and having modified Cessnas smash into your oil refineries is of course peak air defence.

We should all be very respectful of Putins impenetrable next level bleeding edge wundewaffen, its not like they have had to pull in Air defences from as far away as the Kurils to replace the attrioned systems.

Clearly Europes collective Air forces would be hopelessly slaughtered, please save us USAF you are our only hope.

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u/SouthernSerf Norman Borlaug Oct 14 '24

No your right I take it back, having your Submarines explode in port, and having modified Cessnas smash into your oil refineries is of course peak air defence.

The fact that you think this is impressive shows you're ignorance. This is the air war equivalent of car bombs and sniper attacks, again opportunistic but the material damage is significantly lower than the perceived propaganda value.

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u/Jigsawsupport Oct 14 '24

*Watches Tropet ammunition depot explode like a nuclear bomb taking months of production with it.

SouthernSerf "Pathetic they call this an air war?"