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Dull-Yard-3002 t1_ja76g5r wrote

I think it's about being cost effective. Artillery and long range missiles will be much more useful. Politics may play a part aswell, as it is easier get a bill passed through congress that don't include 60 million dollar jets.

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oripash t1_ja7b58e wrote

Most likely. America would put a certain amount of vouchers or loans on the table, and anything Ukraine says they want comes at an opportunity cost of something else that means they cannot have. F-16’s would be an expensive item on the menu and would mean a bunch of other things they then can’t have (and may more desperately need).

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HahaFreeSpeech t1_ja8frfy wrote

The Ukrainian pilots are still training to fly them. That’s why they are not being sent now. Also, F16s don’t cost 60m. Try half that, or even less for used ones.

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