ronjon ....that is what the Russians did with west and russian controlled east germany and even Berlin split into political sectors.Could it happen in ukraine? easily.
A lot of people have Not caught onto this yet!!The E.U have already have well advanced plans for a combined military and air force that will take the place of NATO in europe.
If a combined European air force were to replace NATO, but only in Europe, then who the hell would they fight with, themselves?
P.S. I think one might also find that to make it workable they would also need to combined navy's and army's so not to find themselves fighting against themselves :)
Martin .Come back to this forum in about 2012 - 2013 (I know you will because you live on this forum )and I believe we will see the foundations will be well established for a European Army air force. It will be driven by a dominant Germany and as they are the biggest net contributors to the EU they will have much influence over it.
As for Britain they will withdraw from the E.U.
with regard to who the enemy is -a militant Islamic bloc led by Iran. The E.U sees the threat to its oil supplies too and wants to secure them.
A european army??? this remains to be seen.will ukraine be in it? anything can happen these days.
One thing will be interesting to see is how the new u.s president can continue to have u.s bases in germany and other places in europe while the u.s is losing billions of dollars. Something has got to give.
gent,
You are sounding very American referring to it as an 'army air force', in Europe we have army's and we have air force's, they are two entirely different things, we also have navy's which are the senior (eldest) services over the army's and then the air force's.
And the remainder of your post is pure dramatics and speculation!
P.S. European? How would the Swiss navy contribute to a combined force locked in on Lake Geneva as they are? :)
gent
Obama will be desperate for money- savings will have to made and money that goes to help Israel will not be as forthcoming as it was under President Bush. Obama will force Israel into a negotiate and surrender land policy then get one his clowns will try and present as a great peace deal.
I think if Russia would quit trying to threaten and bully her neighbors there would be no push to join NATO. But given these comments and the future ones that are sure to follow, no one in Ukraine could do a better job of justifying the need for NATO membership than Russian politicians
davdaminov -yes this is an interesting subject ,Around 50% of Ukrainians think Ukraine's joining NATO would destabilize the situation in the country, according to the results of a sociological study conducted by the Sociology Institute of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine (NAS). I think the e.u in its present set up would be a more neutral.
It is not all gloom in ukraine.Ukraine is one out of just nine countries worldwide currently designing and building transport aircraft as well as top-class civil aircraft.
One plane, the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya (Dream) aircraft has been recognized by the International Aviation Federation as having scored 124 world records. Meanwhile, the nation's pride and joy is the An-124 Ruslan, which is world's most powerful aircraft. These iron birds constructed at the Antonov Aircraft Plant have revolutionised the market for heavy and superheavy weight carriers
Are you sure that all the AN124's were constructed at the Antonov Aircraft Plant?
I think you'll find the AN225 has scored an unrecognised record, for taking 18+ years to constuct a single airframe! There is one flying but the second has remained in pieces in Kiev since the fall of the USSR.
And don't forget about the AN2, the world's largest single engine biplane and the AN22, the world's largest turboprop!
But only some 19 AN124's were built in Kiev, the rest were built elsewhere.
And, PS, a previous working email address of mine was martin@antonovairlines etc. so I might just know a little on the subject :)
davdaminov
Could you give me an example/examples of Russian bully-ing of Ukraine or neighbouring countries. I dont mean going back to pre 1991 times
If any of your opinions/proof are based from CNC or ABC News reporting - flush it
Yes Maxirat Socialist Russia under Stalin in 1920s starved Thousands of Ukranians to death in his murderous quest to spread socialism accross Ukraine.
All potential border crossings were effectively sealed to prevent Ukrainians escaping the famished regions. Starving villagers who sought to flee areas stricken with famine and the resulting outbreaks of pneumonia, typhus and tuberculosis were turned back at checkpoints controlled by Soviet patrols that enforced newly imposed internal passport regulations.
By 1934, Stalin had completed his genocide. The breadbasket of Europe was one vast graveyard. Ukrainian nationalism was a crime punishable by death. Stalin's assault on the Ukrainian independence, murderous grain requisitioning methods, the internal passport system, chilling eye witness accounts, enforced censorship and manipulation of the media show beyond dispute the tyrant's ruthlessness in enforcing the famine-genocide to consolidate his power within the Soviet Union and destroy a nationally conscious Soviet Ukraine. Food was used as a weapon to secure a hold over Ukraine. Over 25% of the Ukrainian population was starved to death between 1932 and 1933. At the height of the famine 17 people died every minute, 1000 an hour, 25 000 a day.
"One plane, the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya (Dream) aircraft has been recognized by the International Aviation Federation as having scored 124 world records"
Of course, 123 of them had to do with time taken to build one plane!!!!!!!! ;-))
Yes a really profitable design and production run, design, air testing, production line etc. to make one and a half aircraft of the type.
Of course it was backed by the Russian government, the aircraft was specifically built to carry the Russian space shuttle on it's back (hence the two tails to allow for loading/unloading the shuttle) but it does make one wonder how heavy the Russian shuttle is/was, the US can carry theirs on the back of a B747 but the Russians had to have this monster specially built!
But it is unique, there's not many aircraft around that can carry payload on a 'roofrack'.
Yes these are after 1991.
More Russian threats bullying against ukraine .Putin stops oils supply to ukraine...........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6240473.stm
More Russian threats bullying against ukraine .
Vladimir Putin says Russia may end up having to aim nuclear weapons at Ukraine..............................
Maxi, I can give you an example, during the orange revolution which did not go the Kremlins way, Putin cut off the flow of natural gas to Ukraine, leaving many people in cold conditions, my wife included. I could list many more little jabs like this. They (Putin) use every economic tool they can to influence peddle Ukraine from joining Nato and the EU. It will get worse as the reality of joining nears.
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