Pyongyang Says It Will Send Support Troops to Ukraine Within a Month

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Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month
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I dont think it's quite the same thing though. US contractors won't be fighting, I think they'll just be maintaining and repairing equipment.

Arguably, a much more critical job for a capital-intensive army.

Yes, it’s actually huge. Especially for maintaining a weapon as complicated as an Abrams tank. If it can be repaired close to the front lines then that has the potential to cut days off the turnaround time compared to towing it over to Poland.

I will never understand why the American military think it's a good idea to send them tanks that are so complicated. Especially when they're going up against cold war era relics.

Because it's what we have to send. It's not like we have a lot of extra Sherman tanks we can send anymore.