Comments by "Julia P." (@juliap.5375) on "The New Atlas" channel.

  1. ⁠ @off6848  1). In Russia weapons produce state (most of), that’s why you are wrong when comparing prices. All that money state paid to self, not to some private owners of company, shareholders and so on. Money which state “lost” is only salaries to workers (partly anyway returned back with taxes). From this point of view Su-57 is estimated not in money (it is almost free), but with amount of workers (who forced to produce pointless jets instead of useful cars), resources (even if you have unlimited resources, at any moment of time you anyway limited) and time. For short time in Russia back in 1990s-2000s arrived class of oligarchy, but rapidly was suppressed and from 2008 non exist. So, nowadays in military industry everything (almost) exactly like in Soviet times. That’s why when you produce F-22, somewhere arrive bunch of homeless. In Russia nothing similar (but arrived in 1990s when capitalists owned industry). Also this explains why in Russia it so cheap, there are no profits and overprices. 2). f-22 arrived to fight against su-27, from that time arrived su-30 (exactly when f-22 were developed, to reduce danger from f-22), su-35 and now su-57. Also arrived, but cancelled prototypes of 5th gen Mig 1.44 (nowadays known as Chinese J-20) and Su-47. It impossible to compare. And yep, regards to missiles, f-22 can have troubles against su-27.
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  2.  @jameschalkwig787  better train? Why you think so? Then why Russians often won on international competitions for military? Try to watch interview of UA commander, he said NATO text books are useless and far behind of ancient soviets. He said UA now forced to return back to Soviet system. Explanation is simple — US just have no real experience. Also, let’s compare education level. On one side mainly people with university degree, even ordinary soldiers and on another side we see people who even can’t find own country on map. Almost any Russian officer/soldier with easy can read any NATO text book. How many US officers/soldiers can read Russian? Also, did you tried to analyze summer counter-offensive? It fully developed by US, not UA. Actually it is pretty funny, in most cases they exactly repeat what did Germans 80 years ago. Russians laugh a lot, literally took old maps and demonstrated lines of offensive — exactly like Germans, even repeat old and well known mistakes, nothing new. It means US study only one side (German) and never even tried to analyzed Soviet side. Total fail. Because lack of education.
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  3. Actually in Canada is largest diaspora of Ukrainians abroad. Moreover, it mainly consist from those who during ww2 fought on side of Hitler. Several month ago Canadian parliament applaud to one of them — SS officer! A lot of Canadian officials are Ukrainians, exactly from SS.
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  4. Too late? UA had more fighter jets, mainly heavy (F-16 is pointless light jet), than France with Germany have combined. Moreover, they had long range missiles, in two times more range than have any US/NATO missile. Lol. When backward trying to help to more advanced 😂
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  5. They want to use F-16 not for air combats (F-16 is too backward for this, even old Soviet jets have missiles with range in 2 times more), but as platform to launch cruise missiles.
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  6. Wrong assumption. In NATO countries living ~800 million people. In Russia — just 150 million. So, Russia will not fight with conventional weapons, it is pointless. In first minutes will be used strategic weapons which is far more advanced (latest ICBMs in West developed back in 1970s, in Russia from that time each decade arrived new generation).
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  7. They want to use it as platform from which is possibly to launch cruise missiles. Not for air battles. Because you are right, even old soviet jets have missiles with combat range in 2 times more than any modern NATO missiles. Also it is irrelevant amount of jets. UA two years ago had more jets than France and Germany combined, it not helped, almost each was destroyed in first two weeks.
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  8.  @jetfighter200  In leaked German tape they discussed about modifications which they need to attach own long range cruise missiles to F-16.
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  9. They send weapons there for 8 years before 😂 As they itself confirmed, used Minsk Agreement to trick Russia and send more weapons there.
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