Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting #Ukraine Shoot #US Weapons Into #Russia
After a sobering trip to #Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. #Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/white-house-ukraine-weapons-russia.html
@hanse_mina That would be awsome!
@kavo3 @hanse_mina Not for the Russians.
I understand the Ukrainians are very good at gathering intelligence on enemy troop movements. They presumably have F-16s now and know how to use them. An F-16 can carry four Mk84 bombs. Being anywhere near one of those takes the fight right out of you. It's a relatively inexpensive munition and we have thousands of them. Turn them loose.
Leaves a 50 foot crater. Kill radius is 1000 feet. Quite unforgettable. Observe the shockwave.
https://youtu.be/oiZTGHU3KkU?feature=shared
@shuttersparks @hanse_mina The problem is jets are easy to spot and ruSSians have still a lot of jets and air defences in the area of eastern front. Therefore is better to use ATACMS with long range on mobile platforms which can be placed a quite far away from the front that makes them a very hard target.