Russia repeatedly tests European and Alaska airspace

[wmheel1287]

I read this as a sing of weakness. I haven't been following the day to day to day minutia of the war in Ukraine and the Russian economy. But this is precisely how they would act of they new they were running out of economic and military runway, at least that's my uneducated read.

You are probably correct. I don't know what that means the next desperation step looks like though.

 

[pspsps]

 

[CRHeel94]

My big question is if the West is ramping up its production of cheap drones or is the MIC still pumping out expensive options?

 

[nycfan]

“Trump is wearing a new pin... it seems to be an F-22, a fifth-generation fighter jet, one of the most advanced fighter planes in the world, but it is not exported. Designed to counter Russia.”

 

[nycfan]

 

[HeWhoWearsCarolinaBlue]

Surely just another mistake.

 

[Carolina Fever]

I miss those balloons that China would send up.

 

[rodoheel]

While I do not invite WWIII, does anyone else think it is just about time that NATO nations launch a barrage at Russian air bases that cripples their entire air arsenal?

No. Personally I don't think that sort of extreme escalation is necessary. Shooting down the next manned Russian aircraft that enters NATO airspace (preferably after having explicitly told Putin we would do just that) would likely be more appropriate.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

12km? Should that be 12nm? 12km would put the vessel in Danish sovereign water.

 

[nycfan]

I miss those balloons that China would send up.