Originally posted by 1bad65
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Ukraine doesn't have any F-16s yet, and the USA has not announced that its giving any to Ukraine as far as I know. It is a 50-year aircraft, but a GOAT fighter aircraft that will be reliable against any force. The F-16 is not America's top fighter jet.
Javelins are defensive weapons that wrecked Russian MBTs. Its pretty remarkable how well Ukraine used not only the American Javelin but other Democracies anti-tank weapons.
So, no, Ukraine has not been given America's top-of-the-line weapons. They've been given mostly retiring or aging out equipment that wasn't being used and was coming due to be replaced anyways. It turns out that rations of America's cold war armaments (that wasn't been scrapped) was enough to stop Russia modernized army. Go figure.
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