Ryuu96 said:
Wouldn't say vapourware but Grant Shapps is a moron so anything he hypes up should be taken with a grain of salt, he's a big supporter of Ukraine but he's a huge step down from Ben Wallace in terms of actual knowledge. Anyway, I see little downside in giving Ukraine early military equipment that has yet to be rolled out as a sort of "testing" for said equipment, it's pretty much the only way Ukraine is going to get the most modern of equipment. I say we should give Ukraine a few early model SPEAR 5's. Having said that, Ukraine needs equipment now alongside the experimental equipment, some experimental AD is irrelevant to their needs now, the West needs to grow a pair and make themselves uncomfortable, if it were up to me then every country would send at minimum 50% of their AD to Ukraine and more for those further West. Us in Western Europe do not need to hoard AD!!! |
I just find it a bit unbelievable that the UK would be first to market with this kind of revolutionary tech (unless I'm just ignorant of the laser-weapon segment of the arms market).
I hope it comes to pass primarily & obviously so that Ukraine can safeguard their territory & people more effectively, but it'd also be awesome to see this thing in action from a purely vicarious sci-fi-come-to-life POV.
EDIT : it'd also be weird for us to be giving our state-of-the-art, developmental tech to Ukraine, when many other Western countries are donating their obsolete moth-eaten stuff.
Last edited by Biggerboat1 - on 14 April 2024
