Thread by @TrentTelenko

The subject of this thread is the Russian VDV airhead at the Hostomel Airport just North of Kyiv and a rumor associated with same.

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https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1496977313082363904

Rumor with lots of 🧂🧂:

There is a rumor that the Ukrainians used a (or several?) Tochka-U SRBM to break VDV resistance at the airport near Kiev.

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There are horrid implications for Western Military power projection in this.

If true, the 82nd Airborne Division & 18th Corps are obsolete concept tactical unit far overdue to get its walking papers.

You can't paradrop anti-ballistic missile systems with a ready brigade.
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Nor can a 5th Generation fighter like the F-35 protect a Western paratrooper/VTOL delivered airhead from an Iskander-M.
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The new generation Chinese PLA, 350 km range, PCL191 multiple launch rocket system erases the distinction between SRBM's & guided MLRS.

This system is intended for erasing Taiwanese SAM sites, but their proliferation to Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere is guaranteed.
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The only way I can see to deal with this threat to current Western airborne & VTOL power projection is to deploy in large numbers something like the cancelled Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) missile with Western fighters & drones for anti-SRBM work.
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There just don't seem to be any other within 5-years alternatives.

There is a link detailing NCADE below.

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missiledefenseadvocacy.org/defense-system…

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