Why Putin Dreads Arrival of F-16s in Ukraine
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- 🇺🇸✈️ Putin dismisses F-16s as a threat, yet NATO's coalition aims to supply Ukraine with these jets. But why does he really fear their arrival? In this video, we explore the significance of F-16s for Ukraine, their impact on the battlefield, and what this means for Russia. Join us as we uncover the strategic dynamics of this crucial development in the Ukraine conflict. 🇺🇦🚀 #F16 #UkraineWar #NATO #Putin #MilitaryStrategy #Geopolitics #Aviation #Russia #Ukraine #Defense #AirForce #Jets #WarUpdate #GlobalSecurity #MilitaryPower #UkraineCrisis #NATOAlliance #EasternEurope #ConflictAnalysis #WarInUkraine
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The point of the F-16 is it is a weapons platform. They're not going to be dogfighting with Su-35. The goal is to give Ukraine aircraft that can carry the wide array of NATO spec weapons and use all of their capabilities without having to modify old Sukhois and pre program missiles on the ground etc. F-16 will be old versions but what matters is what armaments are supplied. They need stuff like long range AMRAAM, JDAMs, AGM-88 HARM etc. The fact Sweden also gave Ukraine some AWACS capability is priceless. Ukraine 12 months from now are going to have a serious air force with dozens of F-16s and the capability to target Russian jets from long range, attack targets in Crimea daily, and perhaps even sneak up on Russian ships and bombers operating 1,000km from the frontline if they get creative....
Those Awacs kan also provide the F16 directly with radar data so the F16 can fly their missions with their own radar in silent mode. That make them very difficult to detect.
You can always rely on Ukraine being creative
Great!
Russia is playing around with Ukraine if Russia wanted to they get in the war in four months, but they are being diplomatic
@@billjackson-lp7ur If Russia could do it by force they would have by now. They clearly can't. The situation is only getting worse for Russia they're obviously hurting and don't see a way out.
As a Ukrainian I would like to use your video to say thank you to all allies who support us. All those weapons serve to better world
Виталик у тебя страна в руинах и количество убитых и раненых приближается к миллиону, к какому лучшему миру ты идешь?
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@@VahlakableГоворят, что загробная жизнь (рай) очень прекрасна!
@@Vahlakable After 2 years Russia still cannot take down Ukraine which is the smallest country in the world.
@@Vahlakablewhoa slow down there! Your words are outpacing your military's performance by about 10 years.
HARMs aren't Air-to-air missiles, my dude. They're used for SEAD/DEAD missions, dealing with enemy ground based search and track radars.
This channel pumps out 20 minute+ videos several times a day. The only way this would possible is if he used AI to generate these videos.
He didn't say they were. He specified they were anti-radiation missiles.
@@gmalonesrHe, or the possibly AI voice, did talk about F-16s shooting down Su-35s with HARMs. 14:45
@@gmalonesr yes he did say that. He talked about HARM being used to shoot down Russian aircraft. As others have said that is utter rubbish.
On the other hand what the F-16 CAN fire is extremely useful. AIM-120 AMRAAM for one. I'm not sure if they've been integrated with the Meteor missile yet, but if not I would imagine that's on the Ukrainian shopping list as Meteor is even more capable than AMRAAM.
@@gmalonesr he doesn't specify either and made it sound like HARMS would be targeting aircraft, not S-300/400's like intended. Why defend when it's obviously wrong info?
Remember when they had like a limited number of HIMARS, and then used them like sniper rifles to pick off ammo and fuel dumps? I suspect the F-16s will be used like that.
Playing hell with air defences using HARM is one option, but I wouldn’t underestimate Ukraine’s ability to get every cent worth of value out of a long range, precise weapon.
Game changer? Maybe not; but it will give them a lot to work with.
Their airfields are being pounded into dust. Were will they be housed? Refueled? Ukiraine is done.
A dozen or so at first won’t be a big impact but with Ukraine picking off Russias air defense so effectively once the have the pledged 100 or so it’s going to be pretty big.
The F-16 is going to lose its vir ginity.
@@MetaView7 as in some will be shot down?
Sure. It’s never been deployed against a peer level opponent before. This isn’t Desert Storm, there’s no overwhelming advantage over air defences or air superiority here.
Doesn’t mean it’s a problem though. Ukraine doesn’t have to win this war flawlessly, they just need to win.
@@RedJadeArt Not one will survive
The F-16 is another piece to the jigsaw puzzle. No one weapon is a game changer. You need all the pieces to complete the puzzle.
Combined arms warfare is the game changer.
@@ratbatnufftime2861every war plan is victorious until the first battle.
COPE , getting a bunch of 50 year old frames
@@AmazonWebService98 More advanced than the bronze age shit Russia is using
Lol so you need nato. WW3, got it.
Between Denmark, the Nederlands, Norway and now Belgium, the combined pledge of F16 are around 100
Wow... pathetic. The west could end this in a month if they really cared...
That's true but they will take a lot of time to arrive. If Ukraine can muster a couple of decent strike wings with the aircraft they're getting that will change the complexion of the war a lot. Don't forget that the F-16s can see much further than anything the swamp has - even its newest aircraft. That will be a significant edge.
Dude. Is this "game changer" number 39?
F16s will achieve a longer war with more dead people.
Or nuclear Armageddon.
Indeed, 95 fighter jets ,
updated list :
Belgium plans to send 30 F-16 fighter jets
Netherlands pledges 24 F-16 fighter jets
Denmark's government plans to donate 19 F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine
Norway to transfer 22 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
@@SubvertTheState Not even that. Air superiority aircraft are completely useless in this conflict. Both sides have enough modern anti aircraft missile systems to interdict the enemy over land they control. The F16 will be relegated to the same role the Russian aircraft are performing - using glide bombs from deep behind the front line. But Ukraine is not in need of platforms to launch JDAMs, the airplanes they currently have are good enough for that, what it needs is a large number of JDAMs and the west can't produce them in numbers that match the Russian production.
one thing is for certain. These pilots are going to be well trained. Some of them are going to have more cockpit hours in their F16s than some were able to put in their Russian planes due to their age and advanced maintenance schedules of their Soviet planes.
They been training pilots for well over a year for F16s.
yeah dude i know i know but trust me Ukraine is gonna win any day now!!
@EEEEEEE354 hope they do. It just takes NATO pilots 1.5 to 2yrs training before they are an official fighter pilot. Right about now is when their training should be completed. The only thing now is rhe support for the aircraft being in place and the other countries to receive replacement aircraft before the F16s go out.
@@josephdelp87 NATO pilots. Not Ukrainian pilots who have years of negative training on Soviet aircraft. Not to mention that even we'll trained NATO pilots wouldn't be flying F-16s in that combat environment. The idea that the F-16 is some wonder weapon that will change the tide of the war is laughable.
@EEEEEEE354 never said it was a game changer. Never said it in HIMARS, TANKS, PATRIOTS, JAVELIN etc. But when going from Russian equipment to NATO you have to be retrained all over again. Each equipment added helps. Sorry if NATO weapons help Ukraine in your mind. Pootin is your hero I know.
@@josephdelp87 I never said that you said the F-16 was a game changer, I was simply saying it wasn't. But it's really typical of folks like you to immediately jump to the conclusion that anybody giving you a dose of reality is a Putin supporter... How did you conclude that I was a Putin supporter by saying the F-16 wasn't a game changer? You also said it takes 1.5 to 2 years for NATO pilots to be trained on the F-16. If you look back in history, polish MiG-29 instructor pilots continuously failed F-16 courses due to reinforced negative training from the Soviet aircraft. The same is going to be applicable to the Ukrainian pilots, thus you can't expect the ukrainians to be proficient in the F-16 in a reasonable time frame.
But let me ask you this. How do you propose Ukraine is going to win this?
HARM will not be used against the su-35.
AMRAAM might be used against the su-35.
And their remaining few AWACS.
Yes. HARM is an air to ground missile. It’s not intended to shoot down anything.
The US desperately needs to test LRASM. Ukraine could do it.
@@riparianlife97701that's a great idea!
How are they going to get close enough to use them? R-37M A-A hypersonics have an effective pit bull range of 400km.
F-16s won't be a game-changer initially but one thing this video doesn't mention is Ukraine's ability to innovate, learn and adapt. They have used western weapons in modes and circumstances for which the designers never anticipated. Give the Ukrainian F-16 pilots a few months in the air, in real combat, and Ukraine will - once again - be showing us in the West (whatever that actually IS) how it's done! I think the F-16s will have a greater impact - even a few of them - than anyone can currently foresee. Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava!
since it takes years to train a pilot to fly one who exactly will be manning them? you think you have years?
@@rhetorical1488 Well...... who's going to be flying them in Ukraine now? If you take the time to read my comment properly, I said that Ukrainian innovation and adaptation will go hand-in-hand with acquiring the necessary skill set in the air. Further, the "years" you mention include TACTICAL training - which, as I've just said - the Ukrainians will work out for themselves. Moving from one high-speed interceptor to another doesn't take that long for an already-experienced pilot! It's not like they have to learn to fly.
Ability is useless against anti-aircraft missiles, but long range detection and reaction of the jet is usefull. I hope they stand in the air some time.
@@Loooppp Ability is how chaff and flares defeat anti-aircraft missiles. It is all about timing.
@@iansaliba-curtis1041 they still don't understand that they're fighting with a nuclear country who does have tools to intercept and destroy aircraft. And considering the fact, that they need to be teached by NATO, that have real experience only in fighting terrorists groups - UAF pilots won't be ready to fight the Russian pilots. This is not the question of "how they adapt", but rather "will they adapt?". And considering the fact that UAF lost a lot of aircrafts, well, answer is at hand - they won't. In the end F16 will be used against deep military infrastructure (or civillian) on territory of Russia, maybe even continue damaging strategic nuclear infrastructure to further provoke Russia
Go Ukraine Go, May God be with them (all Ukrainians) in their fight for FREEDOM
USA dominance forever
Ironic, considering that Ukraine hasn't been "free" since 2014.
Ukranians moved abroad because zelensky is a competent politician... 😂😂😂
2014 they lost their freedom when their government was overthrown by another
CIA NATO led coup, and they installed Zalensky, a corrupt criminal on the take. Do some more in-depth searches on what's really behind NATO and the CIA---meth labs in Ukraine to suport their narcotics/drug trade which CIA's been infolved in since the 1950s. NATO needs to propogate wars to continue its existence; and Putin tried to get Russia into NATO and was rebuffed by the U.S. Wonder why? And now there's war?
@@mateuszpitala9458 America the warmonger, since Vietnam, where they slaughtered millions of innocents. Read the book "Kill Anything That Mvoes" by Nick Terse, to get the facts about what U.S. troops did there from the troops themselves; all to hype up their enemy kills (they shot anything that moved ... entire villages not in the North ... in the South).
this use of HARM in an anti-air mode is news to me.
Lol. That's to let you know how much he knows anything about war.
That's because it's nonsense.
It's news to the HARM missiles as well.
Why it's been done plenty of times before
They can use the HARM on an F-16 as long as the plane is fitted with the correct targeting pod.
When I was around 13-14 I went to FL to visit my grandparents. My Grandpa was a retired bomber pilot. He knew a high up guy in Homestead Airforce Base. I got to go there with grandpa and the guy took use to a hanger while an F-16 was getting maintenance. Since it was under work there were normal steps up to it with a big platform. I was allowed to get in for a few quick pics in the cockpit. Then got great area to watch all kinds of aircraft take off and land. Was awesome.
What a cool memory. Lucky you! Your grandfather sounds awesome!! 😎
I have almost the same experience with the old Starfighter. Was awsome too.
A girl in my high school has a dad who was a colonel at macdill AFB, our class got a tour of parts of the airfield and CENTCOM. Was mind blowing for a kid. I remember seeing the size of the shells the jet cannon fired.
Damn ! I hate taking the side of the French and Macron , BUT he's right on .
Strange days that the Fench have suddenly the most balls out of Europe...
You said it.
@@CellGames2006 Not strange if you know French history.
@@Naptosisagreed. People think the WW2 humiliation of the French defines their win/loss ratio. France is probably the most successful military over the last thousand years.
Haha me too
Putin 2022 - I have no plans to invade Ukraine.
Putin 2024 - I have no plans to invade Europe.
Ya'll give your weapons away to NATO proxies in Ukraine and are now defenseless, so maybe it's not a bad idea to bring some freedom to Europe.
Twelve times in January and February 2022 he said that he would not invade. Putin thinks that lying shows how clever he is.
@@russianenglish4284 How about NATO? We'll not move an inch eastward towards Russia and the con MINSK agreement.
Putin is the emperor wearing no clothes all his advisors that told him he was naked had a nasty habit of falling out of windows on the top floor
Putin has NO ability to invade Europe anyways
I love that in the animations, the Ukrainians fighters silhouettes are a weird fictional plane, but the Russian ones are... F-16s.
I unironically only follow this channel so I can ignore the videos and learn true information by reading the comments
@@AlexLee-dc2vb sounds legit👍
Norway already sold 30 of their F16s to Romania. Decked to the gills with all specs, and a great deal for Romania. Hence only 12 for Ukraine. Way to go, Netherlands and Denmark!
The US has around 1600 F-16s and it is phasing them out for F-35. Australia has F-18s and plan to scrap them, also Sweden is planning to supply Gripens. Also Ukraine doesn't have the capacity, the trained pilots (most of them don't even speak English and have to go to school to learn English first!!)to operate 100 F-16s. Belgium will supply the F-16 until 2028, precisely for this reason! Unfortunately the Ukrainians can't even master Western vehicles properly (tanks, IFVs etc), since they were trained using the Soviet military doctrine, and in 3-6 months is not enough to learn the NATO doctrine.
@@claudium6769 American and NATO F-35 are already in the theatre. They just don't report it due to the status as a stealth plane. 6 month F-16 training is not going to do anything. Ukraine F-16 just a cover story for NATO and US fighter jets to operate further in the front lines.
@@claudium6769 u sound surprised that most? of them boys in a eastern european country dont speak american english to the military grade standard?*its jsut some articles u read in 2023 we dont have actual numbers-
Most Ukrainians speak Russian anyways lol, like it or not Russia and Ukraine? Kinda like England and Scotland, both British if they like it or not 😊.
Yes Ukraine is a country I won't say it's not, but it's so similar and in 2014 the people in Eastern Ukraine voted to leave and join Russia! That Russia isn't really invading another country is it, when practically everyone there is ethnically Russian, speaks Russian and has Russian citizenship! I know because every Russian person I've spoken to has at least 2 passports Russian and Ukrainian. One a girl Yelena has 5! Russian, Ukrainian *She was born in Ukraine so duh she has one!* Georgian, Armenian and Belarusian.
If you want this war over? Ceasefire both sides and ask the people *WHO LIVE THERE!* to vote! And then respect that vote. Zeleksky!
This Ukraine War is all of Biden and the woke countries of Europe. Russia invaded Crimea (Ukraine) in 2014 after obummer told Putin he will have more leeway in 2012. NATO is TOTALLY OBSOLETE unless we prepare against China.
Cold War ended in 1991. Time to move on. Russia should be the West’ ally, not enemy. This is coming from a patriotic American 🇺🇸 with a 21 year military career. WE NEED TRUMP 2024 🇺🇸
F16s pilots are and have been being trained in alot of NATO countries. Training takes 1.5 to 2yrs for proper training. They may not be top of the line. But it's still an upgrade to what they have.
I would think training has been going since the start of the war. They have lots of pilots I'm hoping they let them learn and are given a chance in combat before they are sent into battle.
They're specifically F-16's from Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, because they're made to operate from shorter runways.
What?
U sure? Where do you get this info?
Bs
Is it just me, or is the F16 the most beautiful fighter jet ever? Just as a design. It’s pretty like no other plane ever was.
F22 is nicer
It’s not just you lol. It’s indeed beautiful!
F16 is the mold they broke when they built the F22.
Rafale nice too
Better than the bootleg f35 wannabes from other countries
Here's how it's supposed to go: One side gets air superiority, then is able to help retain ground or support assaults by taking out the artillery, tanks, and vehicles of the opposing side. For UA, they can deploy demining vehicles and teams without getting hit by artillery, as well as start using armor more effectively once a breakthrough occurs. AKA Combined arms operations. This is where they can get back to maneuver warfare and out of the trenches.
Still comes down to infantry inching across a field on their bellies, but it's waaay better when you have all the big guns and the enemy has none.
Just my 2 cents
They can't get air superiority though. Not only because of what's up there with them but also what kind of AA the Russians have close by.
All true. This is why they have been conserving their armour.
@@ayeapprove You're forgetting one small detail: Sweden's ASC 890 airborne early warning and control aircraft being gifted to Ukraine! As I said a bit earlier on this thread, if Ukraine can raise a couple of serious strike wings - armed to the teeth - those beauties will give the F-16s an edge like never before. This is especially true since mordor only has a few of their own AWAC-type aircraft left. An orc left the gate open to the airfield and an FPV snuck in and blew a couple of them to atoms - plus, Ukraine's own Patriots shot down a couple of others earlier in the war. Rumour has it that the ASC 890s are even more resolute than the USA's original AWACs. My money is STILL on Ukraine's air force!
@@ayeapprove Ukraine doesn't need air superiority. It would be nice to have but just need to narrow the gap between the countries and make Russian airforce work harder. Like it was before the glide bombs. Then Ukraine drone army can outperform the Russians.
@@iansaliba-curtis1041S500 surface to air . Range 600km
A-10s and F-15s together would make the needed difference
It will be not fair. Russia doesn't have a air force.
A-10s might be obsolete now, except for COIN work.
@@treyhelms1917 A-10 can be automated by AI.
@@ogapadoga2 something that powerful with AI? Heck no. And as a drone, it would be very expensive. Also don’t know if they can do that fine viewing resolution and control. The battlefield is a dirty place.
Having flown the A-10s in 2 MEast including Afghanistan. I would refuse to come to Ukraines aid. The United States has no business spending unlimited trillions in true costs being hidden. Just think how much we could help our Americans in needs.
My man repeated 2 statements for 20 minutes. Genious script. Bravo. And remember, the arrival of F-16s changes all that
It’s AI-generated speech friend
No that’s not true. It is a nuanced and informative comment. Well made.
@@AdrianFahrenheitTepesyou don’t have friends.
@@Mr.Monta77 Well, you’re wrong about me. Goodbye
@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes I’m not.
So far Ukraine has been fighting with one hand tied behind there back , give them everything they need …
You're joking right? They get at least $50 BILLION EVERY MONTH from us saps the past 2 years , and they have their hands tied? (koo koo)
@@luigivincenz3843 They have!
@@luigivincenz3843 Watch out, your comment might get deleted. Theres no free speech on youtube
Lol, getting hundreds of billions of dollars in undeserved aid from dozens of countries is "one hand tied behind *their* [grammar is hard] back"...
Eventually Ukraine will run out of fighters. What happens then?
Over two years into the special bus military operation and the "second best army in the world" is totally bogged down, gaining and losing metres of the battlefield at a time. Even if it's 20 airframes, or 40, or 100, the F-16 changes the balance =D
Ukraine is the most experienced at near-peer warfare 'Western' army in the world right now, and getting better every time we support them like this.
F-16, F-18, F-22, F-35, F-you, F-me and FJB
I'd rather my tax dollars fed and housed Americans!
@@FernandoKapaona mate I'd rather my tax dollar fed and housed Australian's here! But, while Ukrainian's are getting their supermarkets and houses blown up by Russian's this is the world we live in =(
The Russians are capturing multiple towns every day. Where exactly is Ukraine on the offensive, effectively? 🙃
@@FernandoKapaona Even if you aren't American ?
It's the 2nd best army russia in ukraine you ment to say
F16's, If allowed to do what they do best, will be a game changer. If they treat them like a national treasure and don't put them in harms way, they'll be useless, and just for show.
I like how they keep showing an ejected extra fuel tank as if it's a "glide bomb".
Ikr 😂 Its as bad as the sewage pipes that were supposed to be saddams nuuuklr stockpile.
The moment you see one thing wrong, you doubt everything.
@@riparianlife97701 The dedaylt action on the internet is to doubt EVERYTHING you read or hear. There's more fake news online than true news.
Yo bud, you're saying that wrong and you know it! Macron entering Ukraine is not a NATO country, which that means if France wants to be in offensive posture, and going to Ukraine they can it does not pose article 5 statutes, you know that though!
grow a brain
Ukraine needs these F-16s.... snd the Mirage 2000s... and the Grippens.... and the F/A-18s.... and A-10 Warthogs.
Ukraine will probably install Miniguns to a drone and use that as A-10 at some point...
Yea I have to agree with you on this one. They need a lot more versatile aircraft. I don’t believe the F-16 is going to change the war demographic very much however, I’m all eyes and ears will see what the F16 will do.
@@CellGames2006 Uhm.... a drone heavy enough to withstand the recoil of a minigun would be so large that it'd basically be an unmanned helicopter. Doesn't quite sound like a cost-effective idea...
The US offered a squadron of A-10s, Ukraine didnot want them, they always eyed the F-16, even though, training for the A-10 is a lot quicker than the training for the F-16.
You need pilots and they need to be trained on all these weapon platforms. And that takes time
The biggest problem with the war in Ukraine is how long the rules given to Zelenskiy and the RUSSKIES did whatever they wanted. This really lowered the possible progress of the UK's, NOW everything is just crazy, low supply of 155 rounds, lot of promises with a lot of hot air. Ukraine needs more help now then EVER !!
Russia is afraid of leopard 2 tanks, Challengers, Bradley's, Abrahams tanks. Putin is actually shaking in his boots so much that they had to pull out Abrams tanks from the front lines
One more "game changer" weapon!!!
Indeed. Back in Feb 2022 who would have thought this was going to happen.
HARMS are for ground based radars, not planes.
The F-16's are SO necessary...as Ground Support & Air Supremacy....BOTH denied to Ukraine for 2 years!...(Would LOVE to see Apache, & A-10 deliveries!)
I don't know, those weapons are great when you have air superiority. As it stands I think they would both end up as flaming piles of wreckage. Russia does have some decent anti air weapon systems.
@@thomascieszenski239 I think that nothing bad would ever happen if the US - which has about 1k F-16 - lets Russia who names the US it's main enemy it wants to crush to win the war, changing the world order and showing its buddies(China, Iran, North Korea, and other wannabe world leaders) that the West is pathetic, just as it's portrayed by Russian media outlets.
@@thomascieszenski239 Not decent, the best in the world are exactly Russian AA systems.
@thomascieszenski239 as shown by the amount of storm shadow missiles that get threw russian air defences!! The main thing the f16s will do is stop russia lobbing glide bombs at the Ukrainian front lines as these f16s will push them back and out of range.
@@kristianpadley5562 There's a slight difference between shooting down missiles and shooting down jets. It wasn't too long ago the U.S. U.K. and Jordan teamed up to take down a volley of Iran's missiles. We got most but not all.
Excellent reporting, versatilty.
The moment they said harm is air to air I knew who paid them to make this video
Silicon Curtain with Garry Kasparov interview.
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Does he go into detail about the current chess meta, and AI's penetratıon into Grandmaster's colons worldwide?
I love the comments of all of the logistics experts and fighter pilots in these comments. 😅
I think the funniest part is that this video gets a lot wrong, and there's no need to be an expert, merely just an amateur, to notice that; I believe the commenters don't pretend to be experts.
They're just proud..for whichever side they're on 😅
Here’s my bad idea on how Ukraine can win the war:
NATO accepts Ukraine into NATO, but only the land that isn’t occupied by Russian troops. That would allow NATO troops to occupy Ukraine territory as a defensive strategy only. If russia now enters Ukraine territory, then they get to fully feel what NATO has to offer.
If Ukraine wants to still take back their land, they can now add more troops to certain front lines in order to take back territory knowing NATO will protect their land/ cities. NATO cannot assist Ukraine with troops in taking back Russian occupied territory, that still comes down to Ukraine.
If Ukraine invades Russian territory
Pre 2014, then Ukraine gets removed from NATO and will result in nato leaving Ukraine’s country entirely and they’ll stop funding Ukraine.
Ukraine can now shove their forces until they take back their land. Putin would have a choice to make. Let Ukraine take back their land, or keep invading Ukraine and feel what nato has to really offer. It’s a lose, lose position for Russia.
That’s my terrible idea
"Putin DREADS The F-16" ... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why wouldn’t Putin dread an aircraft which is far more capable than anything that the Ukrainians have ever operated?
False. Putin wants to add them to his souvenir collection.
I’m curious how this will age….
Me too. But this guy's track record is appalling. I remember how HIMARS, and Abrams where keeping Putin from sleeping and would take Crimea back in a week or two... And today Ukraine has already lost all in managed to capture in their last offensive.
The US knew how long it would take to retrain experienced pilots, because we had already tried it with American POWs returned from captivity. And they were flying new US jets after having flown older US jets earlier in the war. It turned out to be a massive learning curve and it often took longer than training pilots that had NEVER FLOWN BEFORE.
The Ukrainians are incredible at learning all the various high tech weaponry knowing how to use them for precision sites and so therefore i believe we are going to see Ukraine pilots highly professional in shock and in awe superb mastery.
HARMS CANNOT target aircraft using their radars. HARMS is useful ONLY against ground radar systems.
Wait till they go against the kid 🛩️ 😎 “would you intercept me? (Heavy breathing) I’d intercept me! 🤤 “
HLC is way too obsessed with Buffalo Bill 😆
The real reason Putin dreads the F16’s is the fact they are capable of carrying nukes. I think the planes will be destroyed on the tarmac.
Thank you.
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
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This video is like treating the symptoms but not the cause.
It's in NATO's best interest to destroy Russia, which couldn't have happened if they met Russia with an overwhelming force just before the invasion.
Welcome to the world elected western leaders have drug us into with their extraordinary greed and cowardice!
The cause is Putin. He will be "treated" in due time. Hopefully also his parrots in the West.
NATO would never use nuclear weapons first. But if Putin used one, god help Putin and Russia. NATO's response to the use of a single nuclear weapon by Russia would be nothing short of devastating. For all our sakes, I sure hope Putin thoroughly understands that.
Putin has more nuclear weapons than Nato, hope natto knows tha
Putin has already stated that he may use nuclear weapon when this happens. It's doubtful that itwould be a single strike warhead and more likely to be a tactical one. This would allow him to totally destroy an airfield without any issue. Then Ukraine are back to 0 F16's
You must make the distinction between tactical nukes & strategic nukes.
Putin cares about his own skin (ever seen how far away he sits from other people especially during covid? Putin is a coward) so of course he knows what would happen if RU launched a nuke at UKR.
Russia & Putin now have lost over 45% of military capacity. Putin will never make such stupid mistake with a depleted military. Putin is a hollow little man.
Let Ukraine flex !!!!!
The thing about F16 is that there are ~5000 of them world wide. In a war decided by numbers and logistics, this can buy Ukraine air superiority.
The ancient Indian MIG 21 destroyed Pakistan's F16 in a real fight a few years ago 😁
Another "game changer"
the MIC needs to be fed😂
Challenger, Leopard and Abrams then F-16...next we knew it's just the west face saving narrative to boost AFU
He doesn’t fear us knowing our societal state and our lack of preparedness of late. Also, that China will stand with them….
God Bless Ukraine 😮
There are so many mistakes in this video. Makes me think no one at the Military Show was ever actually in the military. Heavy on the buzz words, light on meaningful understanding of the of those words.
I think they are just splicing together articles to create the script. Animation is good. But clearly no experts reviewed the script.
Seems odd to me to make a video about F-16s without discussing the enormous distances involved and fuel logistics. That would be my #1 concern.
SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE UKRAINE!!!
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If an6body thinks Ukraine will not enter russian airspace for air to ground missions is lying to themselves. Theyre running out of people and are desperate
Little by little, Ukraine grows stronger.
And little by little, Russia gets weaker.
SLAVA UKRAINE!
Wasn't the F16 made in the 60s or 70s??? And F16 are maintenance HEAVY! Lockheed is gonna make a killing if these jets get delivered.
The plane has been upgraded many times
The part missing from deploying F16s is the lack of air to air refueling. Keeping them away from the enemy, where they can be more easily destroyed on the ground, means burning up limited fuel capacity just to get up to the front lines. You can carry external tanks but that reduces weapons loadouts. Having in flight refueling would be ideal, but the F16s are still going to have an impact.
I really don’t think that refueling aircraft would last long on the battlefield. F-16s would have to defend their airborne tankers, which is less than optimal.
You do realize that NATO AWACS aircraft are doing constant laps over the Black Sea and Eastern Poland to monitor the airspace over Ukraine, right? Ukrainian pilots would be able to refuel from a NATO tanker doing a circuit just inside the Polish border and then proceed to conduct combat operations in Northern or Eastern Ukraine.
@@brianeleightonnot going to happen
@@johnsegal445 Most likely F-16s will be primarily based in Western Ukraine as well. This is because Polish Patriot batteries can assist in the defense of the Ukrainian airfields from Russian cruise missile strikes. Like I said, we have had constant AWACS monitoring of Ukrainian airspace since the start of the war. It has been this assistance that has contributed to Ukraine's ability to keep their skies contested to now. To think NATO wouldn't task a tanker to refuel F-16s is a stretch. As long as the tanker stays in NATO airspace if the Russians tried to shoot it down or interdict it, that would be an act of war against NATO. Russia would never risk open war with NATO. The fact that they do all of their threats shows this. Those threats are meant to scare off weaker leaders because they know if they were forced to back up their threats they would lose.
F16s have an extremely long range before needing any additional fuel. What do you think those massive things are under the wings. Bombs lol.
11:23 Those are not glide bombs, and those are not wings they are called fins to keep the bomb pointing down so it falls nose first.
The outcome of aerial combat often depends more on the skill of the pilot than on the capabilities of the aircraft alone. A striking example of this occurred when an Indian fighter pilot managed to shoot down a Pakistani F-16 using an outdated MiG-21 during a dogfight. This incident is particularly notable because the Indian Air Force has been looking to replace all MiG-21s, often referred to as "flying coffins" due to their high crash rates. This event challenges the perceived superiority of the F-16. As tensions escalate between Russia and NATO, we may see more instances where the pilot's expertise plays a decisive role, potentially dispelling some myths about the invincibility of advanced fighter jets.
I doubt that it will be dog fights. That is the point of better tech, it can detect and destroy target from very far.
Might have to send in f22s which are much faster than any mig and have much more advanced avionics. When push comes to shove...
I suspect that fighter jets are like F1 cars: the better pilot wins against a worse pilot driving the same car, BUT a better car is always ahead a worse car, irrespective of the pilots.
Video is unnecessarily long streched
Definitely not. It's very necessary to make money from it.
Hyper optimistic on F16!
"game changer" 😂😂😂
Nothing is gonna change with F16s in Ukraine. They won't achieve anything with those planes!
Those are glide bombs? Those "wings" looked like fins that have been on every bomb, ever.
I'm sure Ukraine will be thankful for all the help they get, Slava Ukraine.
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Somebody showed Putin 'Iron Eagle'
You may deal directly
with me now,
Colonel Akir Nakesh.
And you can deal with me,
Doug Masters.
We’re not gonna take it 🎶
@@p-osweden934 great soundtrack... I think "One Vision" is probably my favorite
Iron Eagle would be futuristic, that movie came out in 1986, F-16s came out in 1972💀💀
that movie SUCKS lol. It's funny how well it depicts the anti-Gaddafi and pro-Reagan sentiment of the era, though
Why should Russia 🇷🇺 worried about F. 16?
What your Tube forgets is that the f-16 needs lots lots lots lots of logistics,which in this war cant be sitting around on a airfield looking pretty
Blah blah blah -- they said that about the Abrams.
they are gonna be serviced in poland or romania
Put the logistics in a nearby NATO country.
@Tamburello_1994 and Abrams got annihilated, and America asked for them not to be used on the frontlines anymore.
@@keith8880The Abrahams hasn't proved itself yet. But the Bradley's have more then proved themselves.
The Grippen would be a great addition.
Couple minor points....nato started this in 2014.....and s400 will wipe this multi role from the sky.
So how many surplus F16's does the US actually have.
Putin dreaded Abrams and Leopards. Well, we all know the story.
Ukraine will need to get a medium-long term training plan for more aircrews and ground crews. Unfortunately, it looks like the war will go on for quite some time.
It's a horrible war there's no quick way in or out if it even if nato joins the west will not want to loose drones of people. So it will just drag on even then . Not good
I have already received that training from both the British and the US
Listning to this makes it look like war is a video game.
Exactly there are alot of keyboard warriors on here
The world should fear nuclear war, not nuke carrying F16’s
my friends who have escaped Communism state:
“lgnore whatever they say
but watch what they do
above all… escape”
You can tell when a Russian is lying - his lips move.
No offends, but the EU is going into a 'communist' state also rightnow.... and the WEF, the elites, looooove communism too...
@@stevemawer848 basicaly not ever Muscal, but their leaders and politics? it's all about to just be ready for hand in your pocket and dagger in your back.
It was 25 years ago when that was true. Today's modern Russia is NOT the long gone USSR.
WHY do westerners NOT keep up with changes overseas?
Where is Abrams tanks where is himars
Uncle Himars visits the orcs daily.
Abrams are not good in spring, since they get stuck in the mud
@@ddelin100I don't think you know that Tornado-S exist
Abram’s are in for a fix, top armor is not strong enough
They are in Moscow for people to touch them... 😂😂😂
10% for the Big Guy.. Everyone is making money from this war.
F16 will not land in Ukraine no airbase will be able to house them. Why do you think the U.S. is taking so long to give the go-ahead for f16.
Alex Hollings over at Sandboxx News spoke recently about the F-16 Falcon's ability to carry Nuclear Weapons. In short, the ones Ukraine are getting are NOT Nuclear Capable. The nations pledging them did not have Nuclear Weapons, so the very specific equipment was never included, not that it mattered as the USA had no intention of providing anyone with Nuclear Capable Aircraft in the first place. All of Ukraine's F-16 Falcons will have is Conventional Weapons.
That said, the F-16 Falcon may arrive in a batch of 45 planes, but there are more than 1,000 older F-16 Falcons in the USAF's Reserve Inventory. These are also more advanced versions than what Ukraine is getting right now and have been continuously upgraded to keep them close to competitive as possible for Reserve Inventory Aircraft.
Should the USA decide to, it would be able to part with possibly up to 200 of these Aircraft in small batches of about 20 Aircraft or so in the future. Ukraine would be getting some top-rated F-16 Falcons, of which DC is unconcerned with secrets of the Aircraft falling into Russian hands given that the UAE has THE most advanced F-16 Falcons in the world. More advanced than the USAF's own F-16 Falcons even and that's because the USAF is getting both the F-15EX Eagle II and the F-35 Lightning with rumors anew about a stopgap acquirement of brand-new F-22 Raptors due to the length of time NGAD is expected to take.
The removal of those Reserve Aircraft for Ukraine, likely not to actually reach 200 if you ask me, would actually represent a major fiscal savings and thus allowing more newer Aircraft to be purchased and to drain down the Stockpile of F-16 Falcon Spare Parts and Components, which would save even more funding. Thus the USAF would be able to actually afford to restart F-22 Raptors Production in a limited capacity to get more Fighters and may even decide to slow down acquisition of F-35 Lighting for more F-22 Raptors, though the F-35 Lightning Production would not change due to how many nations are acquiring F-35 Lightning. The only difference is that nations waiting on F-35 Lightning would get their Aircraft sooner instead of later and well... The Winged Hussars will arrive if Russia gets too eager to start something.
It don’t matter how many they get. You still need qualified pilots to fly them.
@@Wargasm54 You really should pay attention to history. They're called Flying Tigers.
@@FLJBeliever1776 if you put American pilots (or any other Western nationality) in those F-16’s, the Russians won’t differentiate them from NATO pilots.
@Wargasm54 So? That's what Russia said about the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. Only they backed down.
Russia barks a lot, but as Ukraine has proven, Russia is the second best military power in Ukraine, and Wagner proved it to be the second best in Russia, too.
@@FLJBeliever1776 2nd best? Is that why the Russians have been inside Ukraine for more than TWO years and gaining?! Don't you watch any current news.
Just when are your mighty NATO-backed Ukrainians going to get serious and push out the Russians? Why the foot dragging?
Hm, that sounds like the F-16 would singlehandedly establish air superiority in Ukraine. That is, to say it carefully, very optimistic, especially with the low number of planes Ukraine receives. Much more likely is, that the F-16 is not a gamechanger. It will give Ukraine slightly better capability (e.g. use western precision glidebombs themselves), but by far no air superiority over eastern ukraine.
I think that is exactly what the video said.
Yes, another "wonder weapon" until it isn't. I don't gamble, but if I do, I will bet that F-16 will not change the tide of war for one simple reason, Ukraine had more fighter jets that are comparable to the F-16 such as Su-27 and MiG-29 in the beginning and they couldn't match against the Russian air force. A few dozen F-16s is not going to make a difference against hundreds of MiGs and Sukhois.
NATO doctrine relies on midair refueling -- can Ukraine refuel their jets midair? I would imagine any tanker that gets sent up would be an easy target. If they cannot refuel, how does that limit their use in theater?
Javelin... HIMARS... Abrams... Leopard.... Now F-16. Do you recognize some pattern? And self-solacing mantras about Putin's "dreads" will not help.
The pattern I recognize is a country planning and implementing an attack on a country it outnumbers 3x and militarily outspends 11x, failing to achieve most of its goals, and is now locked in a bloody stalemate.
Ukraine now has 85 F16's, their main difference is that they use more modern weaponry. Longer ranged, more effective AA missiles. Making full use of HARM missiles. Anti-ship missiles. Various air to surface weapons. Gives Ukraine loads more choice.
A1 information thanks.
In the hands of skilled pilots, the F-16 is more than capable of making a difference for Ukraine.
Debris seen to be seen in Moscow. Same way like famous Abrams, Leopards...
You forgot to mention how well JDAM, SDB-39, Harpoon all of which Ukraine has already received integrates with the F-16…👍
And he's right. F16 is a 50 year old plane and the ones going to Ukraine are the oldest spec. Imagine the Vietnam War fought with 50 year old planes. Russia has shown it can deal with Western advanced technology. Storm Shadow, Himars and Patriot - Right at the start, these were trumpeted as game changers and briefly they were. Now routinely brought down or the launcher destroyed. Leopard 2, Abrams M1 and Challenger 2 tanks - all described by similar screaming "Putin Fears" monikers on channels like this - have all shown themselves to be highly vulnerable to the tandem warhead Kornet missile. JDAM and ATACMS - more declared game changers; vulnerable to Russian electronic warfare. The F16 are no different, other than they are old hat. Russia will adapt and bring them down and now that they have western weapons sussed as over stated, their tails are up and the are making progress. The half hearted response by the west, particularly in this last year, has played right into their hands. It also shows how poorly prepared NATO are for any future war when they ran out of even the basics like ammunition. Meanwhile, the Chinese look on with interest - their ally against a NATO supported enemy, and they seem to be getting what they want.
That took a lot of time to type…
The F-16 first flew 50 years ago but it doesn’t mean that aircraft upgraded to the Block 50/52 standard represent 50 year old technology. The Block 50/52 Vipers are far superior to anything that Ukraine has ever operated and more importantly they are manufactured and supported by a friendly nation unlike their current fleet of MiGs and Sukhoi aircraft.
The thing is NATO (America) will never lose a war against Russia considering the current state of Russian air forces, but the fear is what Russia will do after losing.
because the defeat of the Russian army is only a matter of time from what i have seen so far 🙃
It's far more than that. Russia actually loses more wars than win. The two factors are,1 they are on the defense to start, and the US suppling material and equipment for the Russian military
From what news did you hear it?
On a large conventional war, F-16s are okay, but will not revert the tide of war to the Ukrainian side.
It is a simple math if you have no infantry then you can't hold shit.
700k active Ukrainian military personnel against 1m Russian.
Only one thing is certain.russia will never lose
@@farouksallak718 Technology can address that 250k difference. History is littered with smaller armies achieving victories.
You do realise that Team America wasn't a documentary...?
These planes will still be arriving with green pilots with no real experience. Expect a steep combat learning curve and heavy losses.
Apparently F16s are a bit dainty on the ground. So let's hope Ukraine has a good strategy for protecting their prize weapons
Under ground bunkers are being built or already are
Yeah, but what about the runways?
The F16 is not the newest but is the pilots favorite.
If Putin fear F16 He must retreated his
Troop out from Ukraine and pay the price , that not be easy fore Putin all his bth feet stuck on mud
The fact that F16s can carry B61 “special bomb“.
President Macron was speaking for France 🇫🇷 not NATO.
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