![]() ![]() Ukraine has supported the “tanks matter” crowd by vociferously requesting Western armor, arguing that they would more effectively operate those tanks and couldn’t liberate their lands without them. Meanwhile, the counterargument in defense of the relevancy of tanks is that Russia simply sucks and has misused its tanks, unable to do effective combined-arms warfare that would better shield those tanks from those attacks. Just that $42,000 would buy 100 kamikaze drones, able to hit far more targets than that aircraft in a one-hour sortie (plus the cost of the ordinance, which would run tens or hundreds of thousands more). A modern F-35, the newest NATO-standard aircraft, costs around $110 million per copy, including its ground support equipment $7 million per year in basic maintenance and $42,000 per hour to fly. As I wrote recently: Airpower is expensive. wphoQIm5VG- NOELREPORTS □□ □□ July 20, 2023Īnd their cheapness allows combatants to flood the zone with them. ![]() Another tank standing next to it was already immobilized. Reportedly south of Klishchiivka, a Russian tank was knocked out by an FPV drone. ![]()
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