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Kom501 t1_j23tmru wrote

Reply to comment by jimsmoments89 in Russia fires 100 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine by RandomForks

You guys are massively overestimating the EU's military/industrial capacity (the cold war ended and the EU cut defense and isn't ready for a war like this) and the impact of the weapons they are holding back like the West has magic weapons. Russia has been firing 100's of missiles every few days from safe within Russia and it has had little impact. Russia is massively bigger and spread out than Ukraine.

The USA is the only one who has enough inventory of long range munitions, and a few hundred fired back at key targets would do little. Ukraine could fire 500 cruise missiles at Moscow and it would kill a few thousand people, be repaired in a few months, and have no effect on the war machine, and no one besides the USA has that many. What magic weapon are we holding back that could win in a month. Wars are not fought like a movie, it is a long march of logistics and maneuvering to just take small objectives.

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Epyr t1_j23ykl0 wrote

They don't know what they are talking about, though emotions make it understandable as Ukrainians are dying every day.

A lot of Western tech takes a lot of time to train on which limits what can be sent. It's also a tough 'game' to play of equipping Ukraine without giving them equipment that you really don't want to potentially fall into Russian hands. That, and most of these countries still need to maintain stocks in case they are invaded or are drawn into a war.

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