@Dimi Question: Demetri, how does the US deliver F-16 to Poland when production is constrained? Have you had a chance to examine the supply chain yet? Don’t they also have commitments to deliver F-16v to Taiwan as well? There is a balancing act that is worth examining

@gelliot57766809 That is a good question. I think they are looking at whether there are creative solutions. For example (and this is just speculation) could the US Air Force loan some F16s for a period.

@Dimi Can't we sell Poland some A-10s, and then whoopie daisy! Poland sends them to Ukraine. That huge convoy would be toast in a few minutes.

@Dimi UA pilots cannot operate any of Western fighters. Only MIGs. And there are about 40 MIGs in possession of NATO countries mostly by Poland. But Poland needs to get F16s in exchange. And security guarantee from US.

@Dimi @cnn

@Dimi F-15s for the poles?

@Dimi Didn’t the EU have some sort of fighter jet deal that seemingly didn’t happen the following day? They even said they’d “be up in the air within the hour” then nothing.

@Dimi @IntelCrab I am convinced that the deal was blown because we talked to much the other time. It is wise sometimes to keep breaking the news until later.

@Dimi "One lawmaker who participated in the call said there was a unified sense that Zelensky was a “world hero”." 💪

@Dimi Is it possible. Just to "sell" jets to Ukraine, its better than close a sky, which not happens. Minimum 100 jets to supply now in my opinion.

@Dimi They need to be MiGs or Sus. Those are the planes the Ukrainians are trained on and know how to use. They do not have US or NATO planes in their inventory.

@Dimi It’s not a scoop because the more you try to scoop a story the less likely it will ever happen.

@Dimi Give them the dam planes already!! Before it's to late

@Dimi @dystoman Si vous voulez mourir ...

@Dimi This is a tough call. No matter the number of planes that Poland supplies them, no matter how skilled or brave the Ukrainean pilots, realistically it's almost guaranteed that they'll be lost to Russian airpower, sooner or later. Russian equipment and numbers are simply too large.

@Dimi @MuellerSheWrote Let’s fucking go already!

@Dimi Well, Poles are in a good position to negotiate 2 F16 with free support for 10 years, against each single Mig-29. It takes a little time but it would be time well spent for them 😉