Tag: Russia

When Russian Engineers Tested China’s Su-27 Copy — They Refused to Fly It Back to Moscow

Posted on by Lone Candle

When Russia licensed China to manufacture their own Su-27s, China broke the contract by reverse engineering the aircraft, making improvements, and then building them completely on their own, stealing Russian technologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7QIlN87TY

US wins against Russian and Chinese air defenses in other countries may risk teaching the wrong lessons

Posted on by Lone Candle

“While the US can draw a certain degree of confidence in its capabilities from the success of the mission, there’s a risk of reading too much into that success, especially when it comes to weapons made by American rivals in the hands of other militaries.

Some of the failures of the Venezuelan-operated foreign air defenses, for example, have been attributed to issues like inactivity, incompetence, and a dearth of functional cohesion between different systems.

Wins in Venezuela during Operation Absolute Resolve or in operations against Iranian-operated Russian-made air defenses may not translate the same in fight with Russia or China.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-wins-against-russian-chinese-121301439.html

‘The damage has been done’: As Trump claims victory on Greenland, Europe loses trust

Posted on by Lone Candle

“In an interview with Fox Business, he said, “We’re getting everything we wanted — total security, total access to everything.”
Yet all of that was available to Trump from the start, without the drama that sent the NATO alliance barreling toward an internal crisis, a Danish official told NBC News on Thursday.

The only nonnegotiable point for Denmark was that Greenland shouldn’t be absorbed by the U.S., the person added.

“We can discuss increased military presence and more troops. You name it, basically, you can have it” under existing treaties, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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his Greenland gambit clawed away some of the trust that underpins a successful alliance, said diplomats, government officials and foreign policy experts.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/damage-done-trump-claims-victory-012236295.html

Why America Is Better Off With Allies

Posted on by Lone Candle

The US saves a lot of money on military spending because our greatest rivals would have to go through our allies and partners to seriously get to us. Without those allies and partners, those rivals could more easily reach out and touch the US, which would require greater military spending.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmuWGT__yc