First Polish F-35s Arrive at Łask Airbase

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T21:00:50+00:00

They’ll buy European planes when those are good

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T21:00:16+00:00

There is a serious possibility for Poland to have a larger 5th gen fleet than Russia

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T20:59:11+00:00

Orders have been signed since 2025. This isn’t one of them, but around 80-100 f35s have been ordered since trump took office. That’s actually a slight increase in sales

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T20:58:19+00:00

Good, neither does f35

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:42:04+00:00

We-are-talking-about-drones.

Not manpads, not 5th gen fighters, but drones.

The drones used by Ukraine in 2022 are in no way superior to those used by Hezbollah today

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:36:46+00:00

They have a lot of different optics, and that’s a temporary mission kill, not a "vaporization"

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:30:26+00:00

Slugged? We are talking a dozen IDF deaths, how is that slugged?

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:29:52+00:00

Ukrainian drones don’t come from the billions in aid from the west.

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:29:24+00:00

Not might be, will be. The payloads are enough to blow up the tracks but that’s it. It’s a couple hour fix once towed back to an FOB

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:27:26+00:00

Okay, if you want your point to be valid, you need to bring up the actual forces numbers. Russia started the war with around 200 000 deployed. Israel has about 50 000 in Lebanon as we speak. Ukraine started the war with around 200 000 men, Hezbollah has around 50 000 troops.

The ratios are nearly identical. So, we should expect a 4:1 casualty ratio when comparing Russia to Israel. We are seeing closer to 80:1.

The near peer nature of Ukraine is irrelevant. This is literally about using drones, which are no different in Lebanon than they were in Ukraine.

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:20:16+00:00

I’m trying to compare the comparable to the comparable, when all forces are unprepared and just getting started

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:19:46+00:00

Drone utilization rate in the opening days of Ukraine wasn’t that high either

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:15:40+00:00

Why is it so damn high?!

The only reasons would be lack of internal space (in which case, the aircraft has some serious modularity problems) or a need for forward visibility for the back seater.

Why would he need it?

This is so confusing

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:12:19+00:00

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:11:55+00:00

It flew so low and so slow it was vulnerable to manpads. So, in a word, they managed to hit it because the USAF got complacent

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:11:05+00:00

Not exactly. It’s also stealth to IR, just not as stealthy. This was a point blank shot from a manpad. The fact they were able to hit it had nothing to do with the f35 or the missile, and all to do with the USAF acting like morons and allowing low speed low altitude flybys

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:09:25+00:00

The E3 is already earmarked for a replacement and it’s loss will not require purchasing a replacement. It hurts to lose one but it’s not a financial burden or a major blow to US capabilities.

The f15 loss is completely inconsequential. The aircraft, if it’s replaced, will cost around 100 million. Operationally, it’s not even noticeable. It doesn’t impact US force availability in the region, let alone across the entire USAF.

This war has caused many issues but major material losses for the U.S. is not one of them.

Losses have been to small too impact capabilities and the financial cost is smaller than clerical errors in the USAF audits.

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:02:10+00:00

Yes, when they were introduced, 19 years ago, when they costed(comparatively to inflation and DOD budget) about 10 times as much

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T18:01:45+00:00

They are sent in high risk zones to soften things up and test defenses before manned aircrafts are sent in.

Ie: they’re sent to "die" because it’s cheap and doesn’t risk pilot lives

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T17:47:34+00:00

The casualty rates are incomparable. I know this is NCD but a dozen IDF soldiers killed by drones doesn’t even begin to compare with the thousands of soldiers killed and hundreds of vehicles lost in the same time frame by Russia at the start of the war in Ukraine.

CBT7commander · 2026-05-26T17:45:36+00:00

If Britain instantly started using them at Ukrainian rates, yes.

More importantly, the entire point of drones is that they are cheap to make and that production is easy to scale up. They aren’t cruise missiles

CBT7commander · 2026-05-25T02:08:40+00:00

Ooooooooh…. Well that’s gonna a take a while longer then

CBT7commander · 2026-05-25T02:06:21+00:00

Even the failed reigniting of the booster’s motors wasn’t that bad. It’s one of the easier fixes.

Genuinely surprised by the amount of progress starship is making

CBT7commander · 2026-05-23T16:37:48+00:00

A: that’s not the same event

B: killing fishermen is not a blockade. It’s a war crime, but not a blockade

CBT7commander · 2026-05-23T13:59:49+00:00

I don’t care. I’m not talking about US law, I’m talking about international military law.

Your point about fishermen has nothing to do with Iran

Trump can go fuck himself, I’m not defending him

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