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Gut wrenching. Key point: a #NFZ wouldn’t prevent this. There are 2 main air operations: Defensive Counter Air (DCA) & Offensive Counter Air, Surface Attack (SA). An NFZ comes under DCA. 2/
Gut wrenching. Key point: a #NFZ wouldn’t prevent this. There are 2 main air operations: Defensive Counter Air (DCA) & Offensive Counter Air, Surface Attack (SA). An NFZ comes under DCA. 2/
https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1503730662016172042
2. #Ukraine #NFZ|
What @ZelenskyyUa should be asking @POTUS for is this:
To target RU rockets/artillery *inside Ukraine* you need Close Air Support (CAS), a subset of Offensive Counter Air Surface Attack (OCA SA) missions. 3/
What @ZelenskyyUa should be asking @POTUS for is this:
To target RU rockets/artillery *inside Ukraine* you need Close Air Support (CAS), a subset of Offensive Counter Air Surface Attack (OCA SA) missions. 3/
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Weapon of choice (for UK Typhoons) would be Brimstone anti-armour missile. 6 per jet. More on Brimstone here:
thinkdefence.co.uk/brimstone-guid…
U.S weapon of choice would be Hellfire (platforms MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1B Predator, AH-64).
Watch: U.K Brimstone strikes in Libya
4/
Weapon of choice (for UK Typhoons) would be Brimstone anti-armour missile. 6 per jet. More on Brimstone here:
thinkdefence.co.uk/brimstone-guid…
U.S weapon of choice would be Hellfire (platforms MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1B Predator, AH-64).
Watch: U.K Brimstone strikes in Libya
4/
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Now here is where it gets complicated. If you’re going launch CAS platforms, you need JTACs on the ground to manage collateral damage estimates (qualified targeteers on the ground w/ UKR ground troops).
Typhoon in CAS role. Dropping a PGM (Paveway bomb). 5/
Now here is where it gets complicated. If you’re going launch CAS platforms, you need JTACs on the ground to manage collateral damage estimates (qualified targeteers on the ground w/ UKR ground troops).
Typhoon in CAS role. Dropping a PGM (Paveway bomb). 5/
5. #Ukraine
Even more complicated: CAS in Afghanistan, Iraq etc was in a permissive environment (no air threat for CAS crews). UKR isn’t a permissive CAS environment. So:
CAS platforms would either need to be dual role (AGM missiles and A2A), not ideal if you’re single seat.6/
Even more complicated: CAS in Afghanistan, Iraq etc was in a permissive environment (no air threat for CAS crews). UKR isn’t a permissive CAS environment. So:
CAS platforms would either need to be dual role (AGM missiles and A2A), not ideal if you’re single seat.6/
6. #Ukraine
OR, planning & launching SEAD packages (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence) to support the CAS jets. Now, SEAD needs to take care of RU SAMs, Fighters & IR MANPADs. The latter is an impossible task. SAMs move and would need the HARM missile to effective targeting. 7/
OR, planning & launching SEAD packages (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence) to support the CAS jets. Now, SEAD needs to take care of RU SAMs, Fighters & IR MANPADs. The latter is an impossible task. SAMs move and would need the HARM missile to effective targeting. 7/
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As you can see. An NFZ won’t stop the targeting of civilian infrastructure. OCA SA and CAS could. But requires an enormous ramping up of assets, logistics and risk. And CAS assets would be operating in a non-permissive air environment. Hope this helps @ZelenskyyUa.
As you can see. An NFZ won’t stop the targeting of civilian infrastructure. OCA SA and CAS could. But requires an enormous ramping up of assets, logistics and risk. And CAS assets would be operating in a non-permissive air environment. Hope this helps @ZelenskyyUa.
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