Mr. Biden's aides say they have now given Mr. Zelensky every weapons system he has requested, most recently ATACMS, the long-range missile systems Mr. Biden had long resisted providing because he feared they might cross a "red line" that could lead Mr. Putin to reach for nuclear weapons. Now the fear about the ATACMS is that they will not make that big a difference because the Russians are learning how to park their aircraft beyond the weapons' reach.
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Lol. NY Times just uses any "source" now huh? I seriously question the agenda of some of these journalists and some of the "sources" they use, was this aide Biden's dog? What is this trash? First of all, I seriously doubt Ukraine has "every weapon system it has requested" in fact I can name two right now which they still don't have, GLSDB and F-16s and those are just the public ones.
Secondly, there is a massive difference between the ATACMS missiles which Ukraine has and the one it has been requesting, the one it has is a cluster munition version with a maximum range of 165km, the one it has long asked for is a warhead version with a maximum range of 300km. So no, Ukraine doesn't have the exact ATACMS they were asking for (still a good one though).
Thirdly, am I being concern trolled right now with that nonsense about "they are learning to park their aircraft out of range! It's useless!" That's not a negative you bozo. Aviation being pushed further back from the frontline is a good thing because it makes them less effective in protecting assaulting units, it increases distances required to back up units, it increases fuel usage, it strains logistical lines, it decreases the time needed between maintenance as more usage further strains the aircraft, it increases the time Ukraine can get notice aircraft preparing to lob missiles at it.
And there are plenty of other important targets to strike when the aircraft is pulled back.
NYT is reaching to complain, the weapons delivered to Ukraine have been used effectively and cause Russians to adjust tactics, such as Storm Shadow bombing the Kerch drydock causing Russia to pull their ships even further back, then it hitting another ship docked in Crimea, Lol. The more that happens, the less pressure on Ukraine along the frontlines.
Also, it's one thing to deliver weapons, another thing is timing, ATACMS was too little, too late, it delivered an awesome blow on Russia's aircraft but it's not much help to a counteroffensive months after it had begun, things may have been different if they were delivered before the counteroffensive started because Russian helicopters helped in slowing it down.
