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Are Ukraine’s F-16s another case of too little, too late?

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Like other high-profile weapons systems, the impact of F-16s may be curbed by limited numbers and US restrictions on their use.

Western-supplied F-16 combat aircraft have now been in Ukrainian service for several weeks. In 2022 and 2023, some had high hopes that provision of F-16s would be a game changer for Ukrainian warfighting capabilities. 

Yet their final introduction has been something of a ‘soft launch’, without the expectations of a sudden and dramatic impact that accompanied other high-profile new weapons deliveries to Ukraine.

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