So they bought elsewhere.
Patriot can't penetrate newest US stealth afaik
You're sanctioning them, so they'll get aid from elsewhere.
Let them
not at as long distances as S400 anyway
Do you understand how stealth works? @leavethisbotnet
quite well
It doesn't make an aircraft "invisible" forever
It makes it harder to detect that aircraft by radar
Meaning you need to be closer to it.
Why would they get Patriot, which is worse at detecting those planes than S400?
I know how it works
quite well, as I said
Because the Russians weren't offering it to them at the time..
And now they offered them the S400
And they're buying it
Lol
@Nathan James 123 Influence for what? Imports are 12-15% of our GDP and most of that is Canada and Mexico. We're one of the least connected economies on the planet.
Military influence abroad? Partners to work with abroad? Intelligence collaboration? Bases for ships? Airbases for aircraft? Power pojection.
Remove Mexico
Did you REALLY just ask that question? @Jym
Lmao
There's two kinds of power.
Economic
Hardpower (military) and softpower (economics)
The us was trying for both
As it should
As everyone should
If you want to force better trade deals, put an aircraft carrier off their coast
@Nathan James 123 We already have most of the hard and more soft than we need.
Build an airbase next to them
@Jym Which you want to degrade by pulling out of the ME and NATO?
You need to maintain it..
How would that degrade anything
You're unable to have his discussion, just watch and read. @Hexidecimark
Cry more
So if turkey leaves nato do they join the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact doesn't exist anymore
Oh
@Nathan James 123 Our NATO allies aren't very useful. Half of them don't even have militaries.
