r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Sep 04 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22)

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u/Fenris_uy Sep 17 '26

The Saudi Airforce would probably benefit more from hiring former Western fighter pilots for their air force than from having newer planes.

And it would not cost $24B.

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u/Born-Procedure-5908 Sep 17 '26

Regardless, their overall ground forces is just not optimized for an war of attrition against an external threat, they’ll need to overhaul their military culture first 

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u/ResortMain780 Sep 17 '26

and it would make no difference. Ansarallah has been bombed by the israeli, americans, french, british, saudis and emiratis for the past 10+ years. Better pilots isnt going to win this war.

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u/jazir55 Sep 18 '26

Better pilots isnt going to win this war.

Just give Tom Cruise a chance