I generally agree with you.
Syria
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What a lot of people don't realise is that the areas with Kurdish majority are generally also inhabited by Turcomans, Assyrians, Arabs, Armenians and other peoples who have historically been treated extremely poorly by Kurdish governments, and there is every reason to believe they won't fare much better in the current day. But of course, this is too complex an issue.
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Unfortunately there are no alternatives down there - everyone is a murderous dictator, or more precisely an authoritarian figure that's willing to delete entire groups of civilians for his goal. Nations that are peace-mongering and seeking diplomacy have just enough to defend themselves - thinking of Oman, mainly, they cannot force other powers such as KSA, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran in any way.
If Turkey and/or Iran find their way back into "normal" political systems then maybe there's a chance.
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This is exactly how U.S. foreign policy didn't look at the issue, which added a lot (to put it mildly) to the current chaos. Not talking just about Syria - where they supported anyone against Assad initially, regardless of how their "friends" treat, shall we say 3rd groups - Assyrians, varied Christians, Kurds, and so on, but also about second Iraq war where they favoured a certain Shia faction, that was very keen on getting local power so they can settle old disputes with others, once and for all.
I've said that for years, but at some point, I just got tired of saying it because nobody listened anyway.
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Nobody likes a huge system of things dependent on each other. Just point in the general direction of the element that stands out the most and declare War on It.
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
Or in your case, the SDF.
I distinctly remember Turkey being criticised for their role in the strengthening of the Islamist rebels in the region. By yours truly. But that's not what you're looking for is it?
"Enemy of my enemy is my friend" has been the motto for decades and it never results in good things. Every party involved in the conflict is guilty of it.
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Objective : assess ECM, ECCM and stealth capabilities in the most saturated airspace on the globe.
Objective : assess ECM, ECCM and stealth capabilities in the most saturated airspace on the globe.
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Electronic counter measures and electronic counter-counter measures. There hasn't been sufficient evidence that PAK-FA programme has gone through extensive weapons training and as such can't be 100% operational in offensive sense. They're there to test the avionics against state of the art "threats" (e.g. other electronics) that USA and Israel have.
Objective: good opportunity to show what they can do/sell a fewPlayer 2 has entered the battle
Objective : assess ECM, ECCM and stealth capabilities in the most saturated airspace on the globe.
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It's not a showcase per se, more of a field trial. This plane always had a commercial component - the FGFA project on India's end. Wide adoption of PAK FA's Russian avionics for FGFA will significantly lower the unit cost for the Russians, too. But the equipment needs to be proven.
Don't forget that fighter market isn't big, US, Russia, India, China are about the only states that 1) require and 2) can afford 5th gen fighters. You can consolidate many smaller air forces and try to push co-op project ala F-35 but that has also failed in practice (costs are still sky-high).
Don't forget that fighter market isn't big, US, Russia, India, China are about the only states that 1) require and 2) can afford 5th gen fighters. You can consolidate many smaller air forces and try to push co-op project ala F-35 but that has also failed in practice (costs are still sky-high).
I know we're balking hard at the cost of the F-35 for the RCAF.