Well, why not?
As for 'don't care', there's always the option to pay those countries. Most of them care for money.
I'm not saying don't provide other planes. Just that it will be difficult for Ukraine to implement the necessary logistics for yet another new system, especially one as sophisticated as a modern combat aircraft. It has been more than half a year already, to do that for F16s.
yes I think money is a factor: buying the aircraft will cost a lot of money, and nobody is going to pay for them.
the US won't provide them, because Congress didn't authorize it. and I don't know if US Congress will ever pass another aid bill.
on the other hand Tornados are being dismissed right now with the arrival of F35, moreover Tornados are an European system so they don't need the US for maintenance and support.
🔴 Overnight, #French and #British#StormShadow missiles in the hands of well practiced Ukrainians rained over Russian Crimea destroying a variety of Russian garbage.
Ukrainian Forces destroyed the Russian Headquarters in Melitopol this morning.
This is footage of the missle en route, I would go out and put high confidence ID this as StormShadow/ScalpEG.
Here is a long thread about conventional missile fuzes. It explains why Taurus offers a qualitative edge over Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG when engaging certain targets, and why it’s one of the most advanced conventional weapons currently in the arsenals of Western states.
@pixelcode@randahl i'd be much surprised by such an immediate use. storm shadows are air-launched, requiring - i presume - an adaption of ukr jets and training of pilots. i doubt this to have happened secretly in the past - but who knows. 😉
When Russian #FSB used #Novichok nerve agent on #UK 🇬🇧, territory in #Salisbury 2018 to target #Putin's opponents living in Britain, they just basically laughed at 🇬🇧 protests.