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Life in Kyiv

The LRB Podcast

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The Problem With NATO's Air Supremacy Over the Battlefield

NATO has never done anything like this before. They would use their powerful air force to try and wipe out both the Russian air force and the Russian anti-aircraft systems. Once that was done they could then start moving forward in a very intricate complex business of coordinating multiple units, multiple kinds of units over a big battlefield. The Ukrainians have none of this. Even if they got 100 F-16s it's a very capable plane but it's not the American air force which is a whole set of multiple specialist outfits. So they've got that massive problem. Some say that there is also a problem of method and training - these new until recently unblooded troops have had some very short

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