F16s were supposed to be a game changer too. What game does it change? Nothing. So far, only one F16 had been shot down over Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, if you believe what they claim. That does not tell the whole story actually. Maybe that was the only F16 that took to the skies and was shot down, while others were afraid to be engaged. Just like those Challenger tanks needing to hide in bunkers to avoid Russian artillery. What a joke!
Russia air defense systems are the cutting-edge defense weapons in the entire world. Their S300 and S400 are much sought after, not the USA patriot system that failed to work in Saudi Arabia, protecting the Saudi oil installations but unable to stop even crude rockets fired by the Yemenis. Israel's 'Iron Dome' is also protected by USA's Patriot System, but what is it today? Nothing that the other Middle East countries feared to engage after its invincibility was punctured by Hezbollah and then Iran.
Having said that, the USA is not at the cutting edge of weapons technology like drones and hypersonic missiles. DJI is the real cutting-edge innovator in drone technology, with even its civilian drones being redesigned for military use outperforming the highly expensive Reaper drones made by the USA. This is in the words of the Ukrainians and even the Israels and is not propaganda material.
China is even migrating its war preparations with military robots using AI. This is probably a real game-changer. China has all the essential supply chains under its control and can make these military robots like the USA printing toilet papers. China is known for thinking big and doing things in a big way - its Great Wall, its high-speed railways, its bridge construction methods, its land reclamation from deserts, its shipbuilding domination and its domination in EVs, solar panels and wind turbines. China does not enter into projects in half-hearted mindsets. China does projects that it intends to dominate.
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As I said earlier, Russia will take care of Ukrainian troops in Kursk at its own leisure. Sure enough, Putin has trapped them in Kursk and demanding that they surrender or face death. Trump is begging Putin to let those trapped in Kursk to be allowed to leave. Ukraine was earlier hoping to use Kursk as a bargaining chip, which has been totally neutralized.
Now that Trump is looking for a peace deal, Putin just wants to deny Ukraine any bargaining clout, and taking back Kursk is now complete. No sweat.
Having said that, Putin is very careful about the peace deal ploy employed by Trump. A 30-day truce is nonsense, and Putin knows what it means for Ukraine, just buying time to rearm and regroup, with the Europeans urging Zelenskyy to fight on. All their efforts would have been wasted otherwise, particularly the UK and France.
Therefore, I think a peace deal is still far off. Putin is now serious about having a buffer zone in Northern Ukraine bordering Southern Russia and is pushing for it with concentrated attacks. After all, he knows that the Europeans are not in favor of peace returning. The Europeans did not expect Trump to be playing the spoiler of their ambitions.
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