American magazine: F-16 fighters will not change the balance of power on the battlefield

The American magazine TNI said that the American F-16 fighters are considered old warplanes whose time has passed, and their service life is about to expire.

The truth is that, firstly, that plane is old and despite that it will be sent to participate in air battles, which does not bode well for the Ukrainians, and secondly, that its number is limited, so it will not have a significant impact. Thirdly, you need to train Ukrainian pilots for a long time, from four to five years.

Moreover, the old F-16 cannot be completely compared to the newer generation Russian fighters. The author of the article concluded that Ukraine has turned into a dumping ground for old NATO equipment. The French supplied the Ukrainian army with AMX-10RC armored vehicles, which are antiques dating back to the 1970s. The Ukrainian Armed Forces declared it unfit to fight. However, these armored vehicles are still sent to Ukraine. Like the British Challenger 2 tanks and other equipment.

The magazine believes that there is a clear law for NATO's assistance in this conflict. This makes military aid always insufficient to carry out the mission at hand. The West does not have enough equipment, due to the deplorable state of the defense industrial complex. All of this leads to the same sad result: no weapons