No matter how often people lie and lie and lie again to tell funny tales about Olaf Scholz blocking Taurus, it will not become true.
Olaf Scholz is an idiot but that doesn't mean that your fairy tales will become reality.
What he actually has said time and time again is that Germany can't send Taurus to Ukraine without direct involvement of the Bundeswehr.
The same was said by the Ministry of Defense, the Bundeswehr, the producers. That statement was also supported by the leaked discussion of Bunderwehr leaders (you all commented and discussed this, so I assume at least someone actually listened to the recording), and then again in even more detail by a press leak from a government commitee (that even resulted in an investigation for betrayal of state secrets...).
Germany just cannot send Taurus to Ukraine because the systems to programm those missiles are rare and very centralized, so it's impossible to just give them away like some laptop... And direct involvement of German military would violate the constitution.
So people can either continue fighting their own made-up straw-man for another year and argue how this time scared Olaf will surely, finally get to his senses... or they can accept reality and stop arguing against their own pretend-argument when the actual real reason is all technical, explained multiple times and will not change.
What the heck of a programming systems they use? I mean, it's not a rocket science (pun intended). But seriously, it's just some coordinates and stuff to upload to missile. Overcomplicating, centralizing and having only a bunch of those seems like a really bad design.
15 year old proprietary systems from the time when the missile was developed probably... Military systems are rarely known for being up-to-date and flexible as the exact opposite (strict definitions and stability) is a requirement.
Nice start. We should see an average of ~$2,700,000,000 in aid and weaponry going to Ukraine every week during the next 22 weeks, which would account for the nearly $61 billion package during this fiscal year. No more delays, no more excuses.
Forcing people to fight a war they don’t want to fight in. How very democratic of Ukraine. I bet 99% of Ukrainians if given the choice would rather live in Russia than die.
Russian logic is so advanced these days. Hey, if you would rather live in Russia than die to the imperialist Russian Army then you should let Russia annex your country!
Given the unparalleled machine that US military logistics is, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised by “tomorrow”. Senate is due to vote today as far as I know. Biden has said he will sign off immediately. Sounds like the stuff is ready to go from sites in Poland and Germany.
I would expect the C130s are loaded and in the air on their way to Germany/Poland/[other NATO country in area) and get last minute orders to continue to go to Ukraine if Biden signs this when expected. (if they land as planned they may even need to dump fuel). This is one of those things logistics should do for practice anyway as variations of this could be important in real war situations (preserving the fiction that NATO isn't involved in Ukraine)
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