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Wow, Poland to turn over all Mig-29s to the US and urges all NATO members -- Nortazhokie 03/08/2022 2:36PM Looks like US is taking a pass. ** -- jdkhokie 03/08/2022 6:21PM Good. No reason to escalate especially as Ukraine wants to talk. -- RUHokie 03/08/2022 7:24PM I do not know what this means, are Migs secret technology? -- WestyHokie 03/08/2022 4:35PM Link inside... -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 4:38PM Fascinating ** -- HOKIERIT 03/08/2022 8:15PM Thanks, tho this guy doesn’t answer my question -- WestyHokie 03/08/2022 5:13PM He says at the 1:10 mark, they did it this way because Ukrainians don’t -- Hoakie82 03/08/2022 5:53PM Correct. It's a degree of separation. Plausible deniability. ** -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 5:31PM Hell, it worked pretty good for Tricky Dick, huh? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/08/2022 5:42PM That was what I was getting at. -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 5:27PM NATO wants separation too, I'd imagine. ** -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 6:12PM Migs will go to Ukraine. Poland will get US planes. -- reestuart 03/08/2022 4:36PM Pretty sure we've had Mig-29s for several decades -- EDGEMAN 03/08/2022 4:59PM We have collected a lot of their equipment over the years -- AirborneHokie96 03/09/2022 08:16AM East Germany got I think 25 right before the fall of the Berlin Wall -- typed by ben 03/08/2022 7:02PM Plus, Ukrainian pilots already know how to fly the Mig, not the F16 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/08/2022 4:57PM I remember when VF-45 got the F-16N -- EDGEMAN 03/08/2022 5:04PM This trade is bigger than the Russell Wilson trade. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/08/2022 4:31PM Wherever those planes fly from into Ukraine is a legitimate target…. -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/08/2022 4:14PM But they haven't attacked whatever trucks are crossing from Poland or -- Late 80s Hokie 03/08/2022 4:29PM I believe that the Russians will view this step differently…… -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/08/2022 4:47PM Yep. ** -- ColoVT82 03/08/2022 5:03PM This is definitely raising Putin latest bet. NATO raised him by with -- jdkhokie 03/08/2022 4:59PM Why on earth would you think Putin is sane? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/08/2022 5:50PM You think Russia will first strike against a NATO country? That seems like -- Brown Water 03/08/2022 4:54PM There can be miscalculations in the fog of war……. -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/08/2022 5:02PM Doesn't seem like the Russian air force has been all that active. At least -- reestuart 03/08/2022 4:32PM They are also very familiar with Stingers, since they first saw them in... -- EDGEMAN 03/08/2022 5:01PM They want to send them to Germany ** -- VTMONEY94 03/08/2022 3:05PM Convenient way to get US planes? ** -- Guy LeDouche 03/08/2022 2:53PM Ok, this reads like..."UKR wants a no fly zone. They fly MIGs. We have so -- ColoVT82 03/08/2022 2:47PM I thought they were turning the Migs over to Ukraine, since they know how -- Brown Water 03/08/2022 2:45PM For Poland, it's win/win. ** -- Atlee Hokie 03/08/2022 8:41PM You are correct. ** -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 4:29PM Now, if UKR pilots pick them up and fly out of Ramstein...hmm ** -- ColoVT82 03/08/2022 3:01PM It'll be OK if they fly in the middle of the night. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/08/2022 3:31PM Lol ** -- ColoVT82 03/08/2022 5:04PM Hey - it works for immigration. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/08/2022 5:22PM That's what they are doing. They just want the US as the intermediary. -- CochraneResident 03/08/2022 2:50PM Why? -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 2:40PM
03/08/2022 3:01PM I completely understand that. -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 3:05PM Here is why it's confusing. Poland has -- HokieR 03/08/2022 4:26PM This should help. Link inside... -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 4:30PM Who is that dude? Very well said. ** -- Brown Water 03/08/2022 4:50PM I don't fully know his backstory. Some type of journalist. He has a good -- NokieHokie 03/08/2022 4:57PM That was interesting. Thanks ** -- HokieR 03/08/2022 4:37PM Which will make all the difference in the world to Putin, eh? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/08/2022 3:32PM Our planes don't kill Russians -- HokieR 03/08/2022 4:48PM "Nyet, Vova, zis is Lend/Lease/Swap/No Backsies, so is totally okay." ** -- Brandon Patterson 03/08/2022 3:46PM Ukrainian pilots know how to fly Migs. It's what they are trained on. -- Fatman 03/08/2022 2:50PM Since ukraine was part of Russia just a few years ago that makes sense ** -- fordham 03/08/2022 3:04PM Just a few = 30+ years. ** -- reestuart 03/08/2022 4:20PM Then give them to Ukraine. -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 2:52PM Yes. That's the entire point. Perhaps you shouldn't be thinking too much -- CochraneResident 03/08/2022 2:53PM Is there a down-vote button any more? -- Riverguy 03/08/2022 7:50PM I'm sorry you don't understand. ** -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 2:54PM Bingo. I mean, we're DECOM'ing F-16s anyway, so might as well do it 4 a -- CochraneResident 03/08/2022 2:51PM Their pilots can only fly those planes. They aren't trained w/ F-16s. ** -- CochraneResident 03/08/2022 2:49PM Then why are they asking for US planes?** -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 2:51PM UKRs get Migs. Poland gets F-16s. ** -- CochraneResident 03/08/2022 2:52PM I understand...you weren't clear on who you meant by "they". -- vthokieq 03/08/2022 2:54PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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