Comments by "The Zero Line" (@The_ZeroLine) on "Is Ukraine's Counter-Offensive Failing?" video.

Grippen is by far the most appropriate plane for Ukraine for two reasons in particular: 1. It is hard to explain how vastly easier it is to maintain from both a manpower and equipment standpoint. 2. It is designed to land and take off from highways, short or damaged, unpaved strips w/extremely tough landing gear as well as engine intakes designed for those type of runways which are more likely to have FOD (foreign objects and debris). This is critical because Russia can hit runways anywhere in Ukraine. They can also get spotters to alert them of launches. Meanwhile, the F-16 requires long, smooth runways (easy targets) and take tons of personnel and complex equipment to maintain and arm. The only problem is that there aren’t that many Grippens in existence while there are countless F16s.
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Frankly, the primary reasons were domestic politics and personal legacy ambitions. Natural resources would have been just a side benefit. You don’t need a desire for NR to declare Putin/Russia monsters.
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@khiem1939 Not true, but it doesn’t matter cause they’ve put themselves out of business via their catastrophic miscalculation. They’ve shut down most of their extraction fields because demand has been reduced so much.
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Jake and many others seem unaware of how many munition depots + troop concentrations 🇺🇦 has wiped out in the rear w/storm shadow and GMLRS strikes during May/June + strategic victories like drawing tons of 🇷🇺 military resources to Belgorod using only a few trucks, a tank and two IFVs being operated by a few hundred 🇷🇺 volunteers. It also shows we’re still mainly in the shaping operations phase. Moreover, 🇺🇦 is well on its way to capturing the flanks of Bakhmut and encircling the city. As for Zaporizhzhia, people act like it will be one decisive battle. It’s a grind through the first three layers of defense in depths, which u can’t just blitzkrieg because besides the men, artillery, GRADS, etc., the ground is soaked with AP and AT landmines. It requires using MICLICS and mine rollers. This is a slow and dangerous process.
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@sprocket5526 They have joined NATO. Not sure if Turkey is still trying to extract more bribes to finalize the sign off, but no one is going to attack Sweden who has a joint defense treaty in existence with Norway and Finland. And the ask would be for likely 15-35. That’s not going to make any difference when if a war broke out requiring hundreds of places NATO would be leading it.
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@thestruggler3338 Six is not enough. Typically you have 50% in service and 50% in active service. The minimum to make any true difference would be about 15-20. RUSI estimates more, but I think they’re underestimating just how bad Russian pilots have gotten and how under serviced their aircraft are.
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@pulsatingsausageboy2076 As I noted above, if you’re talking about the Donbas “conflict,” I agree that it was, in part, an energy related move. If you’re talking about 2022 as motivated by the energy/economic concerns, I find the argument possible but not probable. I wouldn’t it’s impossible because if the war had really lasted three days with minor blood shed, Germany would have found an excuse to keep using their cheap gas and minimize sanctions to the point of irrelevance.
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@AstroGremlinAmerican They’re great for America’s purposes. That’s because we can project airpower without runways and because we have tons of foreign bases with nice long runways and protected by highly advanced IADS.
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@sprocket5526 My entire post says there not getting Grippens and what are you talking about RE: NATO. They’ve applied and only Turkey ratifying them has delayed it formalizing, which I noted in my post. Also, did I ever say Sweden should send over every Grippen? You’re just making things up again. And actually, the more they send, the better it is for Sweden’s domestic aerospace industry because they’ll have to be replaced. Use common sense, buddy.
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@victorvandenbrink6851 Does anyone read full posts? I literally said this in my post.
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Many seem unaware of how many munition depots + troop concentrations 🇺🇦 has wiped out in the rear w/storm shadow and GMLRS strikes during May/June + strategic victories like drawing tons of 🇷🇺 military resources to Belgorod using only a few trucks, a tank and two IFVs being operated by a few hundred 🇷🇺 volunteers. It also shows we’re still mainly in the shaping operations phase. Moreover, 🇺🇦 is well on its way to capturing the flanks of Bakhmut and encircling the city. As for Zaporizhzhia, people act like it will be one decisive battle. It’s a grind through the first three layers of defense in depths, which u can’t just blitzkrieg because besides the men, artillery, GRADS, etc., the ground is soaked with AP and AT landmines. It requires using MICLICS and mine rollers. This is a slow and dangerous process.
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@sergeygalayda2931 So, your contention is that the Russia wanted a pipeline corridor to somewhere they can’t reach now? Your comment is extremely unclear.
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@pulsatingsausageboy2076 What good is trying to achieve a monopoly or block a small competitor when it cuts off all your access? If you told me that their reason for starting the Donbas conflict (which provided plausible deniability or more an excuse for Europe to look the other way) was to retain a monopoly, THAT makes sense. If you’re saying the 2022 invasion was for this reason, then that makes no sense.
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@pulsatingsausageboy2076 Prigozhin’s pronouncements support your theory.
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@MrWiseGuy1974 lmao, meanwhile your “victory” is not losing territory that fast. Even more hilariously, 90% of the “captured” territory is made up of Crimea and the LNR/DPR. So, basically, Russia has ruined its army, any interest in its arms industry and its economy in perpetuity after facing off with just Ukraine. How MIGHTY Russia is! 🤣
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