How Ukrainian F-16s could unravel Russia - Western jets, strategy & the air war | Defence in Depth

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  • @telegraph
    @telegraph  Год назад +59

    Dominic Nicholls will be away from Defence in Depth next week, however keen-eared listeners to Ukraine: The Latest, The Telegraph's podcast, may just recognise the presenter stepping in to fill his shoes. Think you know who they could be? Let us know in a comment down below, along with your own suggestion for a future topic for us to cover.

    • @windwaik3r689
      @windwaik3r689 Год назад +2

      I think its Vlad. Or whoever the hell is listening in from Russian Fed that keeps baring entry into Russia for the podcast hosts(ooo scary) . . .my real guess is Francis D :)

    • @Joelmonterrey
      @Joelmonterrey Год назад

      I hope it's not Mr Bean again. He's funny like Dom but his analysis was not as strong.

    • @Nimboid-20
      @Nimboid-20 Год назад +1

      Just hope it's not BoJo.

    • @scottyjzer3111
      @scottyjzer3111 Год назад +1

      The ghost of Yevgeny Prigozhin?

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 Год назад +4

      Perun

  • @peterrosenfeldt4749
    @peterrosenfeldt4749 Год назад +53

    Many thanks, Dom, I really appreciate your insightful comments and always appreciate your humour as well!

    • @TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc
      @TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc Год назад +4

      He is so very good.

    • @V-for-Vendetta
      @V-for-Vendetta Год назад

      It is so interesting to watch how the US first organized a coup d'état in Ukraine. Then for 8 years they secretly supported the civil war in the Donbass. Not showing all those thousands of deaths that led to the war with Russia. And now they are openly leading the poor Ukrainians and sponsoring the war.

    • @user-qd1sl4zj9r
      @user-qd1sl4zj9r Год назад

      Best joke - is f16 will help. Russia is winning

  • @KrnelPanc
    @KrnelPanc Год назад +14

    Great supplement to Ukraine the Latest. Must admit Dom is my fav on the show.

  • @joebullwinkle5099
    @joebullwinkle5099 Год назад +13

    What about attack helicopters! The Western commentators criticizing Ukraines slow progress, forget that ANY Western militaries combined arms operations would rely very heavily on Air Superiority/Support and attack helicopters. Ukraine is doing magnificent job with the limited arms and extremely limited air support with 1970’s Soviet aircraft.

    • @gregs7562
      @gregs7562 Год назад +4

      Ukraine are usjng their Hinds & armed Hips. The issue as Russia has discovered is the huge numbers of Manpads/Sams.
      The US has hundreds of old Cobras & indeed 1st gen Apaches in storage. The issue again is restoration, spare parts & finally training

    • @MrGreg771
      @MrGreg771 Год назад

      Ukraine should be given scythes,forks,and axes .With these tools they killeg over 200.000 Poles!

  • @chaosXP3RT
    @chaosXP3RT Год назад +80

    A great breakdown of modern combined arms warfare! Aircraft, are crucial to forces on the ground!

    • @V-for-Vendetta
      @V-for-Vendetta Год назад

      It is so interesting to watch how the US first organized a coup d'état in Ukraine. Then for 8 years they secretly supported the civil war in the Donbass. Not showing all those thousands of deaths that led to the war with Russia. And now they are openly leading the poor Ukrainians and sponsoring the war.

  • @itsve8632
    @itsve8632 Год назад +3

    Wasnt the leopard meant to do the same thing? And it failed.

  • @mark10601
    @mark10601 Год назад +11

    Another fascinating and brilliant episode

  • @Mike-zx1kx
    @Mike-zx1kx Год назад +40

    Most have now heard that Denmark and Netherlands will supply F-16´s and training of pilots/staff. TODAY Norway also promised to donate some F-16´s, number yet unspecified but proably a smaller number since they sold a large part of theirs to Romania but more are more and it are a great addition. (Edit) Greece also announced they would participate in training at least one batch of pilots (Edit end) FURTHERMORE Pentagon an hour ago announced they will join in on the training part with English lessons in a few weeks and actual pilottraining around a month later. Hopefully others will be able to spare more F-16 here and there and we will pass the 100 mark or beyond. First batch of planes and staff from at least Denmark are scheduled to arrive around new year. Ukrainan advantage really are about F-16´s are fast mobile advanced weapon platforms.

    • @Jakob_DK
      @Jakob_DK Год назад +1

      Norway had 57 planes for sale and sold 32 to Romania, so that is 25 planes possibly.
      Unless Romania go for new planes all things considered.
      We have not heard from Belgium yet.

    • @Mike-zx1kx
      @Mike-zx1kx Год назад +4

      @@Jakob_DK True but just like Denmark I do not think they have gotten all their F-35´s yet so maybe will be in batches. Lets hope Belgium and others chips in as well. Seems the balloon now finally have popped on this.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +1

      UK has proposed that Dutch and Danish instructors do their teaching in the UK so the pilots can combine language studies with flying training. Alternatively we could send language instructors to Netherlands and Denmark.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 Год назад +2

      Like with Leopards? ;)

    • @Jakob_DK
      @Jakob_DK Год назад +2

      @@piotrd.4850 yes link the leopards in Tusla. Like the 100+ leopards om their way.

  • @derekbuilteman8968
    @derekbuilteman8968 Год назад +8

    Awesome content again!

  • @mmpmacdonald1109
    @mmpmacdonald1109 Год назад +26

    Absolutely fascinating! No one tells it quite like Dominic Nichols, and always with such enthusiasm, passion and a pop of humour at just the right moments. Ukraine: The Latest is a brilliant podcast too.

    • @V-for-Vendetta
      @V-for-Vendetta Год назад

      It is so interesting to watch how the US first organized a coup d'état in Ukraine. Then for 8 years they secretly supported the civil war in the Donbass. Not showing all those thousands of deaths that led to the war with Russia. And now they are openly leading the poor Ukrainians and sponsoring the war.

    • @des_smith7658
      @des_smith7658 Год назад

      It's a tragi-comedy

  • @deanfirnatine7814
    @deanfirnatine7814 Год назад +56

    Australia is also considering sending the 41 F-18's it has in mothballs to Ukraine. The F-18 is somewhere in between the Gripen and F-16 in its ability to operate from unimproved runways. The F-16 can operate from unimproved runways but it has several issues including landing gear that make it far from ideal in that situation. The Gripen is the perfect fighter for Ukraine in their situation but at most Sweden could give up 6-12 aircraft, the rest would have to built and thus be a year away while the F-16's should start to arrive by December or January with the pilots currently being trained finishing up training in November and December. Sweden and Ukraine just signed a deal for the CV-90 IFV (infantry fighting vehicle) to be built under license in Ukraine, this is arguably the worlds best IFV, Ukraine has been using several international models of IFV and chose the CV-90 over the others which says a lot about its capability in combat. Perhaps Ukraine could sign a contract as well with Sweden to build the Gripen under license in Ukraine or Poland which could drastically speed up production of the Gripen for Ukraine, Sweden has offered such a license to other countries like India for the Gripen. Rheinmattel of Germany has also discussed building a tank plant in Ukraine that would potentially be underground to keep it safe from Russian attacks.

    • @joythought
      @joythought Год назад +5

      As an Aussie I think this would be great. I have no idea how little overlap between the F16 and F18 maintenance and logistics but the Ukrainian airforce tooth to tail ratio looks set to grow a very big tail.

    • @kiwifulla7370
      @kiwifulla7370 Год назад +3

      Hope they are able to keep that underground tank factory construction secret, maybe put the planning permission in as a nightclub!

    • @MrZakatista
      @MrZakatista Год назад +5

      As both an Australian and American, I do not support the escalation of war between two nuclear powers. Nor do I support funding American nuclear powered attack submarines (useless for the defense of costal Australia) with Australian tax money. This is not in the interests of the Australian or American people, and is profoundly reckless. Ukranian refugees to Australia are given very very little assistance - how about concentrating on that.

    • @Faircrackofthewhip-iv5sx
      @Faircrackofthewhip-iv5sx Год назад +2

      Yep, those retired f18 hornets are available to Ukraine from Australia... only if the US says so!! we don't have a choice in the matter.

    • @CimmerianAssassin
      @CimmerianAssassin Год назад +2

      @@MrZakatista I mean it's too late now, Australians are already in the training pipeline in the naval nuclear program as it is and by the 2030s the Australian navy will have nuclear subs of its own. just the ever forward march of time

  • @jazz_soroyuza
    @jazz_soroyuza Год назад +16

    Defence in Depth videos by Dominic are great, precise and very informative

  • @SuperHero-dq4jc
    @SuperHero-dq4jc Год назад +3

    As a big fan of Boyd, thanks for highlighting his fantastic talents.

  • @Darkurge666
    @Darkurge666 Год назад +85

    The JAS Gripen would be an excellent airframe for the future Ukrainian Air Force. But there aren't many of them around, and it would take years to build the factories to supply them at scale. Short term, the F16 is more reasonable due to its massive availability.

    • @nenasiek
      @nenasiek Год назад +10

      The swedish social democrats just held a press conference about sending our jets, they pointed out that we are upgrading our fleet anyway and will have planes to hand over.
      And we could send a few more since we already ordered new ones.
      They do want us to be in nato before tho, cause it would mean that we would have fewer planes for a cpl of years.
      They are the first party to state it but it seems like theres parties on both sides of the isles that are for it.
      To me it seems like its just a matter of time

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 Год назад +1

      Nearly perfect timing as well since countries have started to transition to the F-35.

    • @user-ggrengoku
      @user-ggrengoku Год назад

      Украина погибнет быстрее чем они получат истребители

    • @fingerprint8479
      @fingerprint8479 Год назад +1

      Who will pay for any of those?

    • @UncleStepon
      @UncleStepon Год назад +3

      @@fingerprint8479the western taxpayers, to be absolutely demolished in the skies over Ukraine.

  • @joelcoots8782
    @joelcoots8782 Год назад +2

    This Brit knows his subject matter and is a veteran i wish him all my best.

  • @MikesLeague
    @MikesLeague Год назад +6

    Thanks for the video Dom. Its always great content.

  • @chopper7352
    @chopper7352 Год назад +5

    Nice work Dom 👍 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

  • @equarg
    @equarg Год назад +4

    I see the F-16’s as payback for Malaysian flight shot down.

  • @Gerzinater
    @Gerzinater Год назад +4

    Always informative with a subtle sense of humour occasionally thrown in. 😊Not to be missed!

  • @timosaksala4797
    @timosaksala4797 Год назад +3

    Nato has no chance against Russia in this proxy war

  • @larisam6755
    @larisam6755 Год назад +5

    Respected and known by millions!

  • @robertpella2389
    @robertpella2389 Год назад +9

    Yep F-16s are going to require some logistics. They can carry 15200 pounds of weapons in addition to their standard defensive weapons load . And that is one plane,one flight. The equivalent of say 152 155 shells for example.

  • @palemedes965
    @palemedes965 Год назад +6

    Love your videos. Keep them coming.

  • @Enkarashaddam
    @Enkarashaddam Год назад +2

    Honestly Dominics takes alone are worth the sub

  • @user-nh8rr7oi6l
    @user-nh8rr7oi6l Год назад +4

    Another fascinating and brilliant episode. Nice work Dom Slava Ukraini .

  • @Gargoiling
    @Gargoiling Год назад +68

    I think a very basic reason for providing Western planes (and other equipment) is that allies in Eastern Europe have already provided a lot of their old Soviet stuff. Sooner or later, it just runs out. It makes sense for Ukraine to gradually transition to NATO artillery just for logistic reasons. It's the same for aircraft. By the end of the war, Ukraine will have a NATO equipped army. I think in many cases the equipment will be qualitatively better but, perhaps at least as important, it will be compatible with its allies' armies.

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Год назад

      It's actually because the plan is to get Ukraine, its military, all its soldiers and its culture destroyed and gradually replaced by NATO, so it can be bought cheap and rebuilt in Europe's image and be NATO in every way but a seat at the table. Theres a word for that...

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 Год назад +4

      The question is, will it get here fast enough to save a lot of lives? The jets can also be used to shoot down missiles which will also save lives

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Год назад +7

      @@TKUA11
      No. They cant. Thats cartoon fantasy.

    • @displaychicken
      @displaychicken Год назад +9

      @@springbloom5940that cartoon fantasy happened in 2019. Cope harder

    • @springbloom5940
      @springbloom5940 Год назад

      @@displaychicken
      🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @SUPER_WOLFMOON
    @SUPER_WOLFMOON Год назад +1

    Air support, has always been a game changer! 🤞

  • @acerock013
    @acerock013 Год назад +23

    I would think that the F16 could be really effective at SEAD/Wild Weasal missions with the HARMs we have in Ukraine. If the Russian AAD assets along the front could be cracked and burned down...that could allow for more CAS and tactical strikes along the Front and crack open the defense line and dominate the battlespace...imagine what could have been achieved if we hadn't dallied and given 4th Gen fighters to Ukraine sooner. A lot of lives would have been saved.

    • @MrGreg771
      @MrGreg771 Год назад

      Ukraine should be given scythes,forks,and axes .With these tools they killeg over 200.000 Poles!

  • @technosrilanka4268
    @technosrilanka4268 Год назад +2

    He is truly a comedian. Destroyed people's lives

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea Год назад

      By listening to his people and not surrendering to a genocidal fascist dictator?

  • @johntait491
    @johntait491 Год назад +2

    An interesting and informative video Dominic coupled with your insightful comments and your humour. 👍

  • @StoccTube
    @StoccTube Год назад +7

    I worked on the stand for Saab at the Farnborough Air show when Gripen launched. Lovely aircraft and can’t wait to see them helping liberate Ukraine if Russia doesn’t pack up and head home before they enter theatre.

    • @Leadfoot_P71
      @Leadfoot_P71 Год назад

      I hope people can learn to pronounce the name properly though. It's not pronounced Grippen, like he does here, but more like Greepen.

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan Год назад +1

      @@Leadfoot_P71 Just be glad they don't say Griffon 🙂

  • @simonkjaeldgaard-greising
    @simonkjaeldgaard-greising Год назад +1

    Good piece.

  • @51AB
    @51AB Год назад +50

    These jets should have been supplied immediately. It would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and the destruction of such a historic nation.

    • @LANeverSleeps
      @LANeverSleeps Год назад +9

      Everything is happening at the right pace. The Patriot systems needed to be installed and tested first or else Russia could have just blown the jets up on the ground with long range missiles. Ukraine was always going to get pulverized, Russia has more artillery shells than people and their air defense is too strong for even the USAF to penetrate reliably. The F-16s can turn the tide in the offensive though.

    • @petersouthernboy6327
      @petersouthernboy6327 Год назад +4

      It takes training, logistics, airfields, support facilities and maintenance. Not an “immediate” thing - even with pilots trained in Soviet era planes.

    • @deanfirnatine7814
      @deanfirnatine7814 Год назад

      Yep, blame the Biden Administration, they blocked this for over a year, they still will not even give Ukraine the 21 old Mig-29's the US oddly owns to Ukraine nor a single helicopter despite thousands in mothballs not being used. The US has hundreds of F-16's and F-18's also in mothballs and 3450 Abrams tanks in mothballs yet could only spare 31 of them which STILL have not arrived.

    • @TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc
      @TohelpLookupUnited24-ny1kc Год назад

      I completely agree.

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 Год назад +4

      Agreed. They were asked for last year and training could have begun last summer. Losing time means losing lives

  • @thebadgerimpaler
    @thebadgerimpaler Год назад +1

    This is so well done

  • @leifandersen1809
    @leifandersen1809 Год назад +3

    19 F16 from Denmark,42 from Holland, begunstiget to look like something. 🇩🇰🇩🇰👍🏻

    • @tobiasberlin759
      @tobiasberlin759 Год назад +3

      As a German I want to thank our neighbours for their help, and wished Scholz wouldnt delay the Taurus rockets any longer

  • @mbobi7069
    @mbobi7069 Год назад +1

    There are nothing to smile about people continue to suffer because of this man

  • @joythought
    @joythought Год назад +4

    Brilliant. Been a long term fan of Boyd's efforts at Boeing and in the principles of the OODA loop

  • @patricklaughran6650
    @patricklaughran6650 Год назад +1

    I look forward to these each week. Well done. As always.

  • @petersouthernboy6327
    @petersouthernboy6327 Год назад +5

    It’s more about the weapons systems and pods (SEAD) the F-16’s carry.

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea Год назад

      Exactly. The MiG-29 and Su-27 are comparable to or better than the contemporary F-16 and F-15 in terms of their airframe capabilities. It’s the avionics that give Western aircraft an edge.

  • @MJHKing1
    @MJHKing1 Год назад +1

    Bloody love these episodes

  • @allankidston7813
    @allankidston7813 9 месяцев назад

    Dom is great talent one who is in complete command of military technical detail as well as a n excellent communicator, he and the other people on the Telegraph present an excellent discussion on the war in Ukraine. Superb.

  • @robertbrennan2268
    @robertbrennan2268 Год назад +1

    Slava Ukraini!

  • @cariad4297
    @cariad4297 Год назад +2

    Excellent content as always

  • @rajkumar-qf3fk
    @rajkumar-qf3fk Год назад +1

    Byraktar--javelin--himars--shadow storm--leapord--cluster munitions--F16. Another miracle weapon.And the circus goes on.

  • @andrewmetz9267
    @andrewmetz9267 Год назад

    Wonderfully presented. 5 STARS.

  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 Год назад +1

    The immediate gains are a bit minor:
    1- parts. Pretty hard to get old mig parts for maintenance
    2- integration with western weapons. Won't have to MacGyver solutions
    3- marginal improvement in tech

  • @RasmusDyhrFrederiksen
    @RasmusDyhrFrederiksen Год назад +2

    Love your updates - great work.

  • @tazzitiger8171
    @tazzitiger8171 Год назад +2

    When will everyone understand its not the platform (F16) it the payload it can carry and deliver, e.g. missiles that take out SU fighter at range

  • @spaghettibadger647
    @spaghettibadger647 Год назад +1

    Boyd had nothing to do with the F16.
    He had some input on the F15, but only in that he wanted to strip out everything that made the F15 so crazy effective.
    The dogfight died in 1980

  • @aragon5
    @aragon5 Год назад +1

    So many game changers already provided to Ukraine and yet NATO still talking about F-16 as game changer.

  • @NationZed
    @NationZed Год назад +1

    Himars were the game changers, Leopards and Bradley's were the game changers.............

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea Год назад

      Himars largely stopped the Russian offensive in its tracks last year.

  • @carlos.catolico8760
    @carlos.catolico8760 Год назад +3

    Good analysis on how exactly Western Jets can influence/ contribute to the outcome of the Russia- Ukraine conflict.

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline Год назад

    Very well-explained and glad to see journalists getting it very right!

  • @bernardlaverton9077
    @bernardlaverton9077 Год назад +4

    Suggested topic: Is it possible for the navies of Nato to escort and defend cargo grain ships in the Black Sea? Are they allowed through the Bosphorus at all? I haven't seen any mention of this at all through the whole war. And I do like the white dog at the end of your videos.

    • @notastone4832
      @notastone4832 Год назад +2

      no. they cannot get into the black sea when a war is going on.. turkey has the bosphorus closed to military traffic

    • @mikejones6065
      @mikejones6065 11 месяцев назад

      They could easily sink Russia's entire black sea fleet as already proved by the Ukraine which has caused the black sea fleet that isn't on the bottom of the black sea already to scatter and hide.

  • @Kuac85
    @Kuac85 Год назад +1

    Great stuff!

  • @herunr4027
    @herunr4027 Год назад +1

    The "blast" was impeccably timed 8:07

  • @historybuff07
    @historybuff07 4 месяца назад +3

    The F16’s will be joining the US Abrams at the Moscow museum 😂👍

  • @RiMajol8081
    @RiMajol8081 Год назад +1

    👍🏽 Good job mate

  • @I_Love_Lord
    @I_Love_Lord Год назад +1

    oh so finally. Only that was the missing part in this whole conflict

  • @TKUA11
    @TKUA11 Год назад +1

    Why couldn’t they have started training last year? It’s not like we didn’t know they would need these

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад

      Because Biden and his generals are playing their own game, whatever that is, and because the two largest Western nations (France and Germany) are still stupid enough to think that Putin can be tamed by buying his oil and gas.

  • @austin756
    @austin756 Год назад

    Somehow a cup of tea is like a tonic to English people 🙏

  • @LordOfLight
    @LordOfLight Год назад +1

    Every time Ukraine gets a new weapon it's called a "game changer", and yet here we are with the Russians holding out against all these game-changing new weapons.

  • @frants48
    @frants48 Год назад +1

    Advent in technology makes portable anti aircraft weapons more lethal. Plus guided missiles fired simultaneously with the manpads makes any aircraft go to it's doom!

  • @Corlew762
    @Corlew762 Год назад

    Good job on this one John Boyd was a maverick!!!!

  • @59markr
    @59markr Год назад

    The highlight of my week! Thanks so much!!

  • @Chris-bb2cb
    @Chris-bb2cb Год назад +2

    I think almost everyone has lost faith that these will actually be delivered....Way too late.....
    Too many Ukrainians have been killed....
    Lets hope they actually get delivered sooner than later....lets hope the US does not hold up the delivery anymore than they already have..
    Thanks Dom another great one.

    • @MegaFarah78
      @MegaFarah78 Год назад

      it will get destroyed By Russia

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Год назад

      This war is far from over. The jets are just the next step. Wait until Ukraine has ballistic missile capability and nukes. ;-)

  • @user-ps3qk3xl2d
    @user-ps3qk3xl2d Год назад

    Boyd - what a fascinating individual

  • @peetky8645
    @peetky8645 Год назад

    grippers containerized maintenance set is a big step up.

  • @windowboy
    @windowboy Год назад +1

    Sad Ukraine lost those 3 pilots

  • @RTmadnesstoo
    @RTmadnesstoo Год назад

    Excellent discussion of the OODA Loop with examples of how to use it in everyday life.

  • @Lordnumptynous
    @Lordnumptynous Год назад

    Good explanation Dom.

  • @wbiro
    @wbiro Год назад +2

    Anything new will offer Ukraine new tactics, and maybe even new strategies...

    • @operator9858
      @operator9858 Год назад +1

      Not when theres no army left to protect they wont...

    • @jeffcoffin7144
      @jeffcoffin7144 Год назад

      @@operator9858 look everyone. Another Cope Troll. Please don't laugh. They are sensitive little (buttsore) critters.

    • @user-bw6jg4ej2m
      @user-bw6jg4ej2m Год назад

      @@operator9858 who's gonna wipe out their army - a zerg rush of mobiks?

  • @ironbutterflyrusted
    @ironbutterflyrusted Год назад +2

    Wondering how he is going to spin the headlines...."Ukrainian F16 fight back immediately dedtroyed".... should be interesting😁

  • @1milliondogs
    @1milliondogs Год назад +5

    Would be interesting to know what the plan is in terms of pilot training, support training and maintenance for these non ukrainian aircraft. It's all well and good supplying the jets but the training takes a crazy long time to roll out, especially when dealing with specialised technical terms in a different language.

    • @headoverheels88
      @headoverheels88 Год назад +2

      I believe pilots started training months ago. For the average American, it's 1.5 years to be able to fly a real mission, but they are streamlining the process for Ukrainians to 6 months. The real bottle neck is training the maintenance crews for obvious reasons: these war machine are endlessly complicated, and their engineers are starting from scratch. In terms of budget, US already budgeted money for training programs a year ago, August 2022.

    • @kiwifulla7370
      @kiwifulla7370 Год назад +1

      @@headoverheels88So 6 months for them to get airborne, should be able to maintain and service them a few years later then, all going well.

    • @TKUA11
      @TKUA11 Год назад +1

      It’s not as if Ukraine doesn’t have trained pilots or has been at war since 2014. Sure, the system needs to be tuned but I think these decisions are being slow walked for political reasons. They could have started training last year and would have been helping in the offensive

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +3

      @@headoverheels88 Poland has had F-16s for a long time and has offered to provide maintenance training *and* support.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +2

      @@TKUA11 There is reason to believe that many of the actions of the USA government are motivated by commercial considerations.

  • @big1dog23
    @big1dog23 Год назад

    Dom always does a good job.AFU is going to at a terrible disadvantage not being able to use US jets to attack Russian air bases. Where to hide F 16's?

  • @stevedriver1476
    @stevedriver1476 Год назад +3

    what a load of BS, it took poland 11 years to switch from russian to western planes,, the ground staff and spares and repairs can not be done in nearby nato countries, it takes years to train mechanics and get facilities.. GET REAL.. The SAAB jets are easier to setup, they need JA39 Vigens that can easilly out manouver the russian clunkers.

    • @hb1338
      @hb1338 Год назад +1

      Poland has already offered to undertake F-16 maintenance in Rzeszów, where it could teach Ukraine maintenance crews *and* service aircraft at one and the same time.
      I'm looking forward very much to seeing the JA39 Vigen in operation. In the real world, there are no Saab 37 Viggen airframes available any more, and Saab would have to license manufacture in order to build JAS39 Gripens fast enough for them to be a realistic option.

  • @davewebster5120
    @davewebster5120 Год назад

    The F16 is probably the highest value fighter in terms of capability and cost. But the Gripen, I think, is the better fighter for Ukraine. Good news.

  • @DC9848
    @DC9848 Год назад +8

    Important note: Ukraine will not use any western fighter jets to attack Russia, but the russian attacking force currently illegally on Ukrainian soil.

    • @jeffree9015
      @jeffree9015 Год назад +1

      basically giving Russian jets immunity

    • @DC9848
      @DC9848 Год назад

      Irregardless of the benefit they gain from this principle, it still means Crimea becomes impossible to have russian jets as well as majority of the area west of Mariupol@@jeffree9015

    • @mikejones6065
      @mikejones6065 11 месяцев назад

      @@jeffree9015 Immunity until the F-16s come online.

    • @jeffree9015
      @jeffree9015 11 месяцев назад

      @mikejones6065 If they arent allowed to fire missiles at Russian aircraft inside Russia then Russian aircraft have immunity.

  • @JenniferA886
    @JenniferA886 11 месяцев назад +1

    Why is the uk getting involved in this conflict, I was just in the uk a few years back and it was in a huge mess…

  • @AgentSmith911
    @AgentSmith911 Год назад +2

    Target practice for the S-400

  • @andrewwong8932
    @andrewwong8932 Год назад +1

    Hope is not a strategy

  • @ThreeLittleBirds111
    @ThreeLittleBirds111 Год назад +2

    What would the Ukrainians be wanting next after they get the F-16s??

    • @williammorris584
      @williammorris584 Год назад

      Their goal has always been NATO ground troops. In an attritional war, the one thing that the west cannot give Ukraine is more Ukrainians.

    • @Տիգրան-ժ1է
      @Տիգրան-ժ1է 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@williammorris584And the difference?

  • @that90sguy77
    @that90sguy77 Год назад +2

    I remember the same lie about HIMARS , M777 and Leopard. All those are scraps now

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea Год назад

      Yet since those arrived, Russia has been forced to retreat on most fronts, and still hasn’t even hit a single Himars. Meanwhile, Ukraine has destroyed more than 11,000 pieces of Russian military equipment and likely killed or wounded a quarter of a million Russian soldiers, from an army which numbered perhaps half a million two years ago. Russia’s hanging on grimly, but this war has been a disaster for Russian power.

  • @Loreless
    @Loreless Год назад +1

    2 ukrainian jets collided near Zhytomir yesterday. 3 Ukrainian pilots died.

  • @joelcoots8782
    @joelcoots8782 Год назад

    i really like this guy (the editor) he's got the military background to support his reports and comments on how military kit should be used. he is the only one that makes sense!

  • @informedchoice2249
    @informedchoice2249 Год назад

    Let's hope they allow air dominance and the ravaging of their artillery.

  • @scottmontgomery6916
    @scottmontgomery6916 Год назад +5

    I love this podcast! Incredibly informative, and well presented. Being a Canadian, living in Toronto, its hard for me to "Buy a Paper" but keep up the good work!

    • @V-for-Vendetta
      @V-for-Vendetta Год назад

      It is so interesting to watch how the US first organized a coup d'état in Ukraine. Then for 8 years they secretly supported the civil war in the Donbass. Not showing all those thousands of deaths that led to the war with Russia. And now they are openly leading the poor Ukrainians and sponsoring the war.

  • @hallodu2506
    @hallodu2506 11 месяцев назад

    cant wait for this gamechanger!

  • @noodles8203
    @noodles8203 Год назад +2

    No match for Russian migs which are far more superior.

  • @vikrams9700
    @vikrams9700 Год назад +2

    Whole world end ....humans behaving like animals ...innocent people dying

  • @PowerboatTraining
    @PowerboatTraining Год назад

    Really like this guy. Last of the few remaining intelligent synopsis

  • @karlgriffiths5956
    @karlgriffiths5956 Год назад

    Love this

  • @srf2112
    @srf2112 Год назад

    That was a very interesting and impressive analysis.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 Год назад

    Slav Ukraine 🇺🇦

  • @RamasArrow
    @RamasArrow Год назад +1

    one more "game changer" in this war. Will it go the same way as previous game changers ?

    • @mebsrea
      @mebsrea Год назад

      Well, Javelin helped stop the Russian attack on Kyiv last spring and Himars largely stopped the Russian summer offensive last year, so I’d say there’s something of a record of success.

  • @nonichetv2486
    @nonichetv2486 Год назад +2

    who will know if it's piloted by US or UKranian?

  • @Optikification
    @Optikification Год назад

    Hopefully they use CAP to take out the KiA 52's that will help loads.

  • @dannythelastseeker4974
    @dannythelastseeker4974 Год назад +3

    Next week they'll ask for nuclear weapons

  • @hb1338
    @hb1338 Год назад +1

    At last - a commentator who actually knows about and understands air combat and combined arms operations. The only other air combat expert I know of outside MoD and the RAF (Justin Bronk at RUSI) has been off-air since the second week of the war because MoD doesn't want too much detail about what is happening in Ukraine to reach the public domain.
    Of course the F-16 is a fine aircraft, and will be a significant improvement on the Mig29, Su24 and Su27 which Ukraine currently flies. However it will not be the silver bullet that the ignorant people and fanboys are shouting about, in particular its' SEAD and ground attack capabilities are probably insufficient for it to change the balance of air power significantly except for short periods of time over limited areas of operation. Let us hope that the Ukraine air force finds a way to make it a real force multiplier, even if it is only to scare the Su35s away.
    I am surprised that the UK has not offered its' retired Tornados to Kyiv - I think they would have been a better match for Ukraine's requirements than the F-16, in particular their ability to attack Russia's IADS and point defence vehicles.

  • @icemanzw
    @icemanzw Год назад

    Another game changer