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I'd like people to read this thread by @noclador on this American air defense battle management system.
Then...
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Then...
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https://twitter.com/noclador/status/1650470511695085568
Look at the second bullet of this recently announced $1.2 billion #Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative package because that @noclador 🧵 describes that 2nd bullet.
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https://twitter.com/ukrainewar24/status/1655929121099374600
This air defense command and control system is vitally important for Ukraine to absorb because it's legacy air defenses were built on this Soviet integrated air defense system network model. (graphic)
Sectors (SOC) were like a mainframe or minicomputer with input terminals.
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Sectors (SOC) were like a mainframe or minicomputer with input terminals.
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They in turn were like terminals for the regional or national air defense operation center (ADOC).
The F-117 stealth light bomber used in Operation Desert was developed specifically to kill ADOC & SOC to destroy the network of defending fighters, missiles & guns immediately.
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The F-117 stealth light bomber used in Operation Desert was developed specifically to kill ADOC & SOC to destroy the network of defending fighters, missiles & guns immediately.
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Essentially making defending fighters, missiles & guns like pre-internet terminals, AKA useless individuals without network support.
This "Star" computer model IADS left Ukraine's air defenses vulnerable to a Russian cruise missile and jamming "Shock & Awe" aimed at ADOC/SOC
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This "Star" computer model IADS left Ukraine's air defenses vulnerable to a Russian cruise missile and jamming "Shock & Awe" aimed at ADOC/SOC
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The Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) Engagement Operations Center (EOC) are built around the internet style horizontal network.
Where any piece taken out can have it's functions absorbed by other pieces of the network without
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Where any piece taken out can have it's functions absorbed by other pieces of the network without
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...network collapse.
In fact, each element of the IBCS & BOC network have more information to work with than the old Soviet "Star" computer model. So it is much harder to isolate & destroy elements of the IADS.
The military term of art here is "Situational Awareness."
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In fact, each element of the IBCS & BOC network have more information to work with than the old Soviet "Star" computer model. So it is much harder to isolate & destroy elements of the IADS.
The military term of art here is "Situational Awareness."
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Given the hodge podge of ex-Soviet and Western air defense systems in Ukraine's IADS has been bolstered with (link).
This Western air defense command and control system was desperately needed to knit together these disparate parts...
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euromaidanpress.com/2023/05/06/ukr…
This Western air defense command and control system was desperately needed to knit together these disparate parts...
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euromaidanpress.com/2023/05/06/ukr…
...while reducing the legacy 55V5 missile burn rate from surviving Ukraine's S-300 SAM batteries.
Ukraine desperately needs more Patriots and AMRAAM armed F-16's ASAP, but the IBCS & BOC network is a step forward until they arrive.
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Ukraine desperately needs more Patriots and AMRAAM armed F-16's ASAP, but the IBCS & BOC network is a step forward until they arrive.
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