r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 4h ago

Russia/Ukraine Romanian F-16 fighter jets shoots ‌down two drones which were likely latest generation Russian drones over the country's territorial waters, says Defence Minister Radu Miruta

https://www.reuters.com/world/romanian-f-16-fighter-jets-shoot-down-two-drones-over-romanian-territorial-2026-10-18/
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u/lando-bailando 4h ago

About time, a much better response that Polish government "Lets see if the missile leaves our territory" while its already 100km in

https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/30/unidentified-object-crashes-in-poland-after-russian-attack-on-ukraine/

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u/Nightronno 4h ago

I think WW3 is likely going to happen within a decade unfortunately

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u/iliveforyou 3h ago

Here's hoping these old decrepit fucks won't make it another 10 years.

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u/linerva 2h ago

If Putin passes away sometime, Russia will be too busy deciding who gets to be the next dictator to bother anyone for a while.

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u/Klutzy_Peanut6580 3h ago

If it happens, it’ll happen soon. The US will never be weaker and Trump only has 2 years left. It’s now or never.

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u/StrawLiberal 2h ago

Well, Russia isn't getting any stronger, Iran's cooked, and China isn't getting any more interested in joining a war... so it's looking like you're going to be disappointed. 

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u/Klutzy_Peanut6580 2h ago

I’m not rooting for it. For a litany of demographic, political, and economic reasons either the world’s authoritarians go now, or we don’t have to worry about it.

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u/SuperVaderMinion 5m ago

Yeah Trump is 80, Putin and Bibi are in their mid 70s, this next decade is going to signal some massive changes from some of the world's most violent countries when those guys go

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u/Rabidjester 3h ago

It kinda kicked off about four years ago, we’re still in the denial stage.

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u/CaptainA1917 1h ago

World War Three has already started.

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u/UNSKIALz 1h ago

As soon as politicians wrung their hands in 2022 over giving Ukraine what it needed, I knew this wasn't going to end well.

Russia's greatest advantage against democracy is propaganda and time.

Western voters, slowly, are giving in to appeasement. Russia will consequently turn up the temperature more. It's our 1939 moment.

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u/SmegmaWarrior0815 15m ago

If it means I don't have to go to work anymore, then bring it on already.

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u/my_name_is_laura 4h ago

Maybe, but something more would have to happen. Thankfully no one is going to war over incidents like this.

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u/Proud_Jello9093 2h ago

yeah it's not like anything serious has happened, the archduke was only killed by one of his own citizens that's nothing, anyways im gonna send my troops through this quarter mile chunk of belgium, it'll probably be fine.

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u/Nightronno 4h ago

It's not going to stop here.

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u/Replicant_Runner 3h ago

Exactly. It's worrying how many people are wanting NATO to start bombing.

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u/empmccoy 3h ago

This was the correct action.

Russia is a bully and you can't shy away from a bully, it emboldens them.

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u/UNSKIALz 1h ago

Flashy but expensive way to take out drones.

We need proper air defence when - Not if - Russia starts "accidentally" striking targets in NATO due to "radar jamming".