On May 22nd it was reported that the first three out of 32 F-35A fighter jets were delivered to Poland. Ordered six years ago, these jets are part of the European nation’s continued modernization efforts.
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Russia is not even dare to make a move now,their stupidity brought whole Europe in an arm race and destruction of his army and little the vain was left as "superpower",a bunch of morons.Sweden and Finland in Nato because are idiots.Now russian see Moscow in flames and Ukraine bringing war closer and closer.
Gripen E covers the entire range from generation 4 to 6. Can be refueled and rearmed in 10 minutes and can handle around 90% of planned launches. It can take off and land on regular country roads that have a straight line of 500 meters, has a data link and can share data with other airborne radar platforms, ground radar stations and ship-based radar. Gripen was the first aircraft to use the Meteor missile. Gripen is also the combat aircraft that has the lowest cost per flight hour and lifetime cost. I feel sorry for Poland that bought the F 35 that at best manages to get up to 50% of planned launches. Which costs a fortune to maintain, does not have the ability to carry the Meteor missile, which will not have Block 4 capability for at least 5 years and which are not at all invisible as many believe as they shine like a lamp in the dark at a distance of 100 km if viewed with IR sensors.
Lockheed Martin really needs to speed things up.
They are slow as shit.
Poland having it's own F35s is powerful. Poland can now independently decide to attack moscow. good luck little putin
Rafale is better and really European.
With the new US long range Air-to-air missiles coming in soon it will make sense to buy the F-15EX as the F-35A can illuminate the target and the F-15EX can launch a shtload of those.
My preference would be the Gripen E to kick off the retirement of the F-16 and it's replacement. If they start buying them now it can continue to be bought once the F-16 is at the end of it's service life.
1:41:45 może nagrać oświadczenie prezydenta na tle obrazu Janusza Radziwiłła gdy zajmował Kijów w czasie powstania Chmielnickiego? Albo nawet zwykłej mapy I RP.
1:18:30 zaplikował bym czopki z warmate-ów i zaminował wyjście z portu w Petersburgu jako sankcje.
Tak na dobry początek.
It's great untli our american "allies" ground the entire squadrons.
Hopefully they will not live to regret that decision (F-35), be it financially or, of greater concern operationally. Be well and stay safe.
I kurrrrr a dobrze
😂😂😂 Lots of TDS in this comment section.
Selling weapons doesn't mean to share the burden of defending. Just imagin Trump declares activities of his besty Putin leagal forward self-defence, rejecting to agree on Article 5…
Funny how the further away from Russia European countries are the more they feel that they don't need the US. They believe that IF there were a Russian invasion the US would respond by the time it reached Germany much less France
Flying bricks. Never-ending story upgrading systems and software. Waste of money. But, politics rule. Why buy smart when you can overspent because of politics?
Korean KAI KF-21 Boramae would have been way much smarter choice. On all levels. Specially since we do good defense business with Korea already.
But, again, politics…
Ps: Also, 6 years to build 3 (three!) jets! The incompetence of yanks is just legendary. Absolute waste of time and money. Should have never happened. Mental politics.
You can hate F35 because of Trump administration is doing but this is combat proven against Iran and we all know none of this Jet got shot down
The Russians can sleep soundly, it's not the F-35s, those ugly lame ducks, that are going to scare them. The F-35 is a money pit, a technological fiasco, 131 days of ground maintenance per year, many unresolved failures, a flying anvil, with a single reactor, without overcruise. The computers are connected to the Pentagon through Lockheed Martin: the Trump administration can block them at any time.
These are the Block 3F fighters, and by the time full delivery takes place, they will receive the Block 4 in 31 and 32. And the 3F’s will receive the update later. It’s a great procurement for Poland. As for this channel saying no EX, and Poland saying they only want 5th and 6th gen.
Let me explain something to Poland and Europe, you have no idea what you are doing. It has nothing to do with if you are smart or not. Smart people do stupid people all the time and it has nothing to do with what country you are from. Here is reality, the US invented modern combat, we are more experienced at it, than all the world combined. We have seen a lot of action. We understand fusion, integration, logistics, combined arms, and combat better than all of you. We are the most advanced, most cohesive fighting force the world has ever known. Yet many Europeans think they know more even though they have little to no experience in modern combat.
They look at Ukraine and go, oh this is modern warfare. No it’s not. That’s basic WW1 stagnant lines, mixed with small light drone operations. It’s a meat grinder, it’s inefficient and it’s stupid. Artillery, drones, meat grinder.
Europe is not developing a Gen 6 fighter, neither is Russia, and no China doesn’t have anything close to Gen 6. US said we are going to build a Gen 6 fighter and these are the core foundations of what it will be. Everyone literally cut and pasted what the US said and also said hey we are doing this too. Europe hasn’t even shown they can develop Gen 5. We invented modern stealth in the late 80’s, you still are not there. North Korea is the closest and still a decade away and we have helped them a lot.
You think you understand modern air combat? You don’t even know how to fight like us. The US already learned, don’t go all in on one fighter. Doesn’t matter how advanced it is, it’s a mistake. Look the F-35 is all about situational awareness, it’s an interdiction Strike craft, designed to hunt Sam sites. It works together will the growler and yes the EX and the F-16. It’s the Captain of the team. It really isn’t meant for CAP, CSAR, CAS, that’s not its job.
It goes in takes out air defenses so the other planes can do their job. You don’t want it doing everything, you will burn out the frame. Planes are expensive to buy, operate and maintain. That’s airframe is 7000-10,000 hours. The EX is 20,000 hrs. That matters. You want to fly CAP, intercept, BMD, you send the EX. You don’t have a bomber or heavy payload package. Thats why the EX matters. The EX can use weapon systems the F-35 can’t because it has a substantially larger payload. ARRW, you could out on an F-35, but then the stealth is gone and it’s pointless. You could use the F35 for many of these jobs but it’s not ideal and it’s expensive to do so.
You think you will get a 6th gen fighter? From who? Who will develop it outside the US, and it’s not for export. The R&D on that is probably well over a Teillion dollars, and that doesn’t include CCA, AI, adaptive cycle engines, advanced EW suites, so you can pay for a 300,000,000 million dollar air craft, not including drones, and advanced weapons systems. Let’s see Germany, France and Spain said hey will do it. Germany and France are already at a cross roads, and Spain adds nothing. You are three generations behind in AI, you have developed next to no modern drones, you have never built a Gen 5. Yet they think if they say they will develop it and spend a few Billion Euros it will be easy. That’s not how it works. We have decades of experience with stealth, sensor fusion, and build the best engines in the world. Just saying you will do it and not investing in it or working on it will make it happen?
France wants to invest 50,000,000 into AI, we have spent trillions. The entire EU is literally behind the UAE in AI. The EU has literally been crushing anyone trying to develop AI technology in Europe. We have 4 of the top 5 chip producers in the world, Europe has zero.
Your countries think this kind of thing is easy and cheap and have never come close to doing it. It takes decades of R&D. Literal decades.
Features like "Smart Scan" dynamically monitor airflow and adjust jet geometry. Cockpits will integrate AI-powered virtual assistants, sensor fusion, and augmented reality helmet displays.
Manned-unmanned teaming, where a single pilot directs a swarm of autonomous, uncrewed drones to distract defenses, gather intelligence, or deploy weapons.
Adaptive cycle engines that can shift between acting as a high-thrust turbojet for supersonic dashes and a fuel-efficient turbofan for extended range.
High-powered lasers and microwave weapons for both offensive strikes and missile defense.
Japan, UK, and Italy are working on GCAP, maybe they have a chance for a modern 5th Gen. Maybe. But the adaptive cycle engines, sensor Fusion, AI and advanced weapons systems will be a problem. I say maybe because we share a lot with Japan and the UK, and by share I mean Japan is our closest Allied nation along with South Korea, and they are amazing partners who we trust deeply. Unlike most of Europe.
Do you know how complicated an adaptive cycle engine is? Do you have any idea how powerful these engines need to be? The electrical draw alone is going to be insane. It needs to power, AI, communicate with satellites, command multiple drones, target, track, evade, jam, scan, search, cyber warfare, space warfare, all at the same time.
Oh Brazil says they will do it, and India. Everyone just like will do it. Countries who struggle or haven’t even built a decent 4th gen are suddenly saying hey will just build 6th gen it’s easy. See the US made a list of what it will do, will just copy the list and it will magically happen.
As much as I love Poland, and Europe, don’t you dare, tell us about Modern or future air combat. You know nothing about it. We have to run around training and educating everyone. The last time Poland was in air combat, propellers were still being used on fighters. The countries of the EU have not built a modern Aircraft in decades. Hate to break it to you, building Gen 4 a decade after the F-22 took to the skies means you built obsolete planes. The EX is used as a test bed for the F-47. It moves like a ballistic missile for a reason, Mach 3 clean. Higher, faster, longer. We need powerful engines to test some of these systems because of the power draw. Europe has not been investing in its military for decades, any advancements they have made have been from US technology sharing with ungrateful partners. Do you think everything resembles US systems for a reason? Europe, Russia, China, they all try to copy what we developed decades ago.
A country using old left over soviet era equipment does not get to tell the US about modern combat, you don’t even know what it is, and have zero experience dealing with it. Last I checked in Ukraine an old obsolete F-16 which came out of moth balls, shot down the second most advanced Russian fighter. Meanwhile the French planes were getting shot down over India while trying to fight a third world country. Do you know what the air to air kill ratio on an old F-15C is? 100/0.
Europeans love their soap boxes, climb up there and give a speech about things you know nothing about. You don’t listen. We warned you about Russia, you did t listen and then Ukraine happened. Naturally Europeans reacted with I don’t like Trump, he says things I don’t want to hear. We warned Europe about open boarders. You didn’t listen, how’s that working out? Not good. We warned you to become energy independent, didn’t listen. Didn’t work out well. Now we are warning you about China, and Europeans are going, no China is our buddy, we love orange chicken. You do t listen, it blows up in your face then you run around 😭 Trumps a meany all our problems that we created for ourselves are his fault, cause you constantly want someone to blame for your mistakes.
You have North Korean military killing Ukrainians and you think China is your friend? Nope. North Koreans, a Chinese Proxy, on European soil, killing Europeans. And the EU is sucking off China like a 2 dollar whore the whole time.
They likely received F-35s in the TR-3 version. This means they are F-35s with absolutely NO combat capability. NONE.
This isn't my assertion; it's the official report from the GAO.
I didn't believe it either when I read those reports… These reports are open source, so you can check them yourself.
It now seems that the F-35 is quietly and invisibly eroding Europe's defense capabilities and NATO's credibility. Instead of defense, it is leaving gaps in protection, and opening routes for Russia's European military campaign.
Polish-American relations aren't unstable; it's the unpredictable nature of the current White House occupant that creates the uncertainty.
The current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Poland, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, opposed Poland's purchase of the F-35 when his and Tusk's party were not in power.
To all guys that are thinking that f35 is usefull , i hope you will read the last report of the DOT&E us agency before making wrong statement. Search dot&e f35 report and 2025 you will what you have bought : a flying brick with a nice design. If you are not able to find it i can quote a sentence : "Similarly, the latest version of TR-2 software (30R08) – intended to be the last version
of software fielded on the TR-2 aircraft – was predominantly unusable for additional Operational Technical events during
most of FY25, due to stability problems, shortfalls in capability, and on-going discovery of deficiencies."
Polska interesuje się samolotami 5. lub ewentualnie 6. generacji, jeśli chodzi o przyszłe myśliwce. Najprawdopodobniej Polska dokupi kolejne 32 samoloty F-35, ponieważ nie chce wprowadzać kolejnego typu maszyn poza tymi, które już znajdują się na wyposażeniu Sił Zbrojnych RP. Chcemy uniknąć jeszcze większego logistycznego koszmaru wynikającego z większej różnorodności floty lotniczej. To oficjalne stanowisko polskiego wojska.
Poland is interested in 5th- or possibly 6th-generation aircraft when it comes to future fighter jets. Most likely, Poland will purchase another 32 F-35s because it does not want to introduce another type of aircraft beyond those already in service with the Polish Armed Forces. We want to avoid a bigger logistical nightmare caused by greater diversity in the fighter fleet. This is the official statement from the Polish military.
not sure European NATO countries do themselves a favour by purchasing F-35s. true, this plane seems the only 5th gen fighter aircraft and all current R&D projects are aiming for 6th gen fighter jets.
however, what is the potential antagonist fielding? the Russian air force is a joke as the Ukrainians prove every day for the past 4.5yrs. it is not likely the Russians can actually field a 5th or 6th gen airplane within a reasonable timeframe. what they have atm doesn't impress anyone.
on the other hand, the F-35 has a lot going against it:
#1 the plane needs absurdly expensive maintenance which also considerably lowers the availability rate for actual missions
#2 the usefulness of the plane depends highly on software updates and offers the US administration a tool to determine just that: the continued usefulness
#3 5:56 given the highly volatile nature of the current US administration where even timely deliveries are subject to direct communications between presidents and the daily mood in the WH, Europe shouldn't expect better luck with future US administrations
#4 the F-35 is an American system and the US can no longer banked upon as a trusted ally
#5 the F-35 is an American system and Europe should prefer to buy European systems
Germany love Russia.. without Russia, Poland would be free to collect those Trillions in ww2 reparations from Germany via kinetic means..
Fun fact, present minister of defence was against f35 before elections to show his,, loyalty" towards Germany. Few days ago he made cringy video in front of those planes
Also Poland bought lot of apachee
Dla zasięgu.
I'm sorry for Poland that is obliged to buy this jet to increase the probability of being protected by america if Russia attack. Another example of europe countries enslaved by america. Another dark day for europe but we will get out of this domination one day.
47 – F 16, 32 – F 35, 48 – FA 50 in total 127 modern platforms to 2030. Russia could kiss our ass xD.
AND THEN THE WING HUSSARS ARRIVED… to the maintenance hanger. Sorry, they’ll be 70% unavailable due to persistent issues with the engines and avionics.
God bless Poland 🇲🇨❤/God bless America 🇺🇸❤️
The KF21 looks a promising addition for the second batch.
You should not hold back one buying the F-35 for Denmark sake we are one of the 7 European countries who build the F-35 together with the USA, 700 jobs in Jutland for more than 20 years now doing nothing but working on the American European project
Sexy ass plane!!!
You may want to ask the Ukrainian, the Kurds,and half of the Afghan people what "American security guarantee " is worth
Buying another 32-48 F35 would be a good move since. A fleet of 64-80 F35A and 47 modernised F16 + some Korean trainers that can also be used as light attack gives the Polish Air force a core that outclasses Russia.
I don't think buying the Eurofighter or F15 EX II makes a lot of sense. Poland's next door neighbour has soon the largest Eurofighter fleet in Europe and thus the German Air Force will fill those missions were the Eurofighter is best suited.
4:11 It was stated by the polish army that we will not buy anything lower than 5 gen so F-15 is out of the picture.
Not happy about Polish dependence on untrustworthy "ally" USA.