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Putin has to be pissed. We keep giving Ukraine weapons and the weapons are gradually becoming more sophisticated and there is not a damn thing he can do about it
From NATO with love ❤️ 
Smootchie bootchies putin lol >

"Ukraine’s air defense will become stronger and more effective in the new year; it may become the most powerful in Europe." >

The Defenders of Ukraine have become the Immortal Guardians of the West. We owe our comfortable lives to them. Every drop of our blood and every golden coin of our treasure must be devoted to bolstering and strengthening Ukraine and the heroes who defend her. >

….don’t make it weird. >

Fr. Man made the vibes weird af >

Nah he ain’t lying, they really are preventing a full scale war in Europe by holding back Russia. They really would, the little bit of their propaganda I’ve seen seems like if they succeeded that they wouldn’t know to stop while ahead. I mean they’re not winning outright right now and their pundits are still talking reckless, I couldn’t imagine the rhetoric if they were decisively winning. >

And Putin will be annoyed Ukraine will get upper hand in beating his missile attack. >

I'm hoping Ukraine invests a lot into aviation and we have another boom in that industry. They have an aviation heritage with Antonov Design etc. and produced some fantastic airframes. Airframes, engines and avionics from Ukraine would ease some of the brain drain and possibly even reverse it. If they can get a Kelly Johnson-like personality pushing that industry into a revival as Ukraine rises from the ashes, it's a small light that could come out of this pointless suffering caused by Russia. >

Ukraine has shot down 54 of the 69 missiles from Russia which has 78% of successful rate. Let's make it to 100% in 2023.   
Slava Ukrani >

Did the other Russian missiles surrender, blow themselves up, fire at each other, or just fall apart? /s >

Hmmm...do they have RTH (return to home) function like the recreation drones? >

No, they just loaded it with a list of Nazi targets. >

What kind of systems are they expecting for next year from supporting nations?
I know Germany currently has 7 Gepard and 3 IRIS-T on its to-do list of larger weapons, plus a bunch of drone jamming/defense systems. >

Germany has been dragging its feet quite a bit. The U.S. patriot system is being sent if you missed that news. >

Germany can't send a system which doesn't exist. They have to build it first. Besides, Ukraine already got one (the first one in existence) IRIS-T unit, right after it rolled out of the factory. >

The Ukrainians already have some of the best anti-aircraft protection due to the proliferation of man-portable systems all over the country. These new anti-missile defenses are expensive, but I hope the world continues to support Ukraine in what looks like an intentional campaign of genocide against the nation. >

Good, Russian terror attacks must be hindered >

Good, I hope you do...100% takedowns please 🙏 >

I said What What in the Butt >

Sounds familiar >

putin has a very odd way to make Ukraine stronger. >

By letting Ukraine capture his army’s equipment >

Great!
A cool reply I saw to the news:

In today's wars, there are no morals. We believe the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists are the Russians. We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.

Let's hope this air defense can be used offensively as well against Putin and his goons. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava! >


air defense can be used offensively

Why? First things first: the air defence needs to keep all of Ukraine safe from cruise missiles and drone attacks. Additionally to keeping military targets safe, their more normal role.
It's a big country, this would be a big achievement. >

Air defense cannot be used offensively.  It typically indicates a hostile aircraft has entered your airspace.  So you launch your defensive system(s) to intercept and take down the threat.  How is that offensive use of an air defense? >

They can be used offensively since they're essentially long range precision guided missiles. The problem with using them offensively is that it's not that economical. Traits that make a good missile interceptor doesn't make it a good offensive weapon. >

Seems like an expensive way to achieve something that a howitzer can do better and cheaper