COPENHAGEN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Denmark, the Netherlands and the United States will spearhead a new international coalition to help Ukraine establish a future air force based on F-16 fighter jets, the Danish ministry of defence said on Wednesday.

The new coalition intends to build infrastructure around F-16s, including maintenance facilities to support the operation of the planes, the ministry said in a statement.

Denmark and the Netherlands were the first two countries to commit to donating F-16 jets to Ukraine, whose current air force has a fleet of ageing Soviet-era fighter jets, in its war with Russia.

"This is a natural move following the leading role Denmark already has in relation to the military support for Ukraine and especially in relation to the donation of F-16 fighter jets," Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said.

Denmark expects to deliver the first six of out of a total of 19 F-16s to Ukraine in March or April next year, he told broadcaster TV2 on Wednesday.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess the USA wanted the Russians not defeated like right away, always giving them a little hope that eventually they might actually, probably, ... So that they'd use up their resources.

The USA have battle plans for those kind of things by the tons since the cold war, and in a boring and horrible way it can make sort of a sense. Make the Ruskies lose most of their armies in this war (for comparatively cheap) and everyone will be better off in the future.

High cost right now though.

Slava Ukraine.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

IDK sounds kind of evil, although it might help other countries that Russia have their eyes on. Like for instance Kazakhstan Georgia and Belarus.

There is no way Russia is a threat to NATO apart from using nukes, and then it's probably game over for everybody.