yep. UK and German refuelling tankers have also been reported to fly to the region, then turn their transponders off, in the past few days.
Looks like Europe is already participating without publicly admitting. Makes sense given Israel tanker fleet alone is not capable of handling intensive attacks 2000km away.
I asked ChatGPT the other day to calculate how long can Israel sustain the high intensity attacks — given all these factors (maintenance, pilot fatigue, distance, refuelling, etc.). It suggests by day 10, the number of missions it can do reduces to something like 35%.
Almost inevitable that EU and US will get involved (likely already are) if this drags out.
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