Poland called the Pentagon’s Bluff: Biden, DOD Backtrack
Poland said they would not use their fighter jets to fight Putin. Now, “the authorities of the Republic of Poland, are ready to deploy – – all their MIG-29 jets to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States.
At the same time, Poland requests the United States to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities. Poland is ready to immediately establish the conditions of purchase of the planes.
“Immediately and free of charge” Condition—U.S.: give us used Loaner Jets : Poland calling U.S. bluff to fight Putin?
“The authorities of the Republic of Poland, after consultations between the President and the Goverment, are ready to deploy – immediately and free of charge – all their MIG-29 jets to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America. The Polish Government also requests other NATO Allies – owners of MIG-29 jets – to act in the same vein.
L. Austin about further steps aimed at strengthening security in our region. Our air defence will be strengthened thanks to the American PATRIOT systems transferred to the territory of Poland.
U.S. Doesn’t Want Warfare in Ukraine to Escalate, Says DOD Official
MARCH 9, 2022 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEW
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III thanked Poland’s willingness to continue to look for ways to assist Ukraine, but he stressed that the U.S. does not support the transfer of additional fighter aircraft to the Ukrainian Air Force at this time, said a Defense Department official.
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby spoke at a press conference today.
“The best way to support Ukrainian defense is by providing them the weapons and the systems that they need most to defeat Russian aggression; in particular, anti-armor and air defense,” he said.
“We, along with other nations, continue to send them these weapons and we know that they’re being used with great effect. The slowed Russian advance in the north. And the contested airspace over Ukraine is evidence alone of that,” he said.
Although Russian air capabilities are significant, their effectiveness has been limited due to Ukrainian strategic operational and tactical ground-based air defense systems, surface-to-air missiles and man-portable, air-defense systems, Kirby said.
The Ukrainian Air Force currently has several squadrons of fully mission capable aircraft, he said.
“We assess that adding aircraft to the Ukrainian inventory is not likely to significantly change the effectiveness of Ukrainian Air Force relative to Russian capabilities,” he said.
The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG 29 jets to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result in significant Russian reaction that might increase the prospects of a military escalation with NATO, Kirby said.
allies and partners.
“We are grateful for the superb support and cooperation of our Polish allies who continue to host thousands of our troops,” he said, along with millions of Ukrainian refugees.
“Polish generosity is clearly on display for the whole world to see,” he added.
“We know the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as average Ukrainian citizens are defending their country with great skill and bravery. We will continue to look for ways to help them do that,” he said.
Incredibly, the EU Voted to impose economic sanctions on Poland and hungry for a violation of EU Article 7(1). both countries have been flooded with immigrants from Ukraine.
Those who have watched the evolution of the European Union and NATO , are shocked at the latest hypocritical actions by the U.S., NATO and the EU risking a European Wide war, the theoretical purpose of the organizations.