SEAD🧵time again. Going to look at F4G Wild Weasels in Gulf War 1. A lot to cover so going to it break into 2 or 3 threads. Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait in August 1990. Iraq had a modern Integrated Air Defence System (IADS), which had been assembled by Ericsson. It was based on a French design called KARI (Iraq backwards in French).

🧵following the release of the UK Ministry of Defence Service Enquiry into the loss of F35B Lightning ZM152 from HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment. Focus for 🧵is on workforce issues, principally insufficient personnel leading to fatigue. The UK F35 workforce was insufficiently resourced from inception. This has led to an inability to generate the required Operational Capability. This is not just about Pilots, it’s the entire workforce.

Been meaning to research this for a while. So a 🧵on how Bulk Carriers are operated in their market place. It might provide some clarity as to how shipments of grain end up at a given destination. There are several parties to the Bulk Carrier trade. These are:
The ships operator
The ship & its Master
Cargo seller (shipper)
Cargo buyer (receiver/consigned)
Charterer
Insurer
Agent

🧵of my initial thoughts on Russia abandoning Snake Island.
Firstly it is a much needed and significant morale boosting victory for Ukraine. Russia put significant resources into the Battle for Snake Island, and lost. Russia tried to make Snake Island and air defence and command and control platform following the sinking of the Moskva. But it’s an island, not a ship, and islands can’t move and that made it vulnerable.

How are all the air assets we are tasked and coordinated? How does everyone know where to be an when? A 🧵on how NATO tasks air assets. NATO has two Combined Air Operations Centre’s (CAOC’s) in Europe. One is in Uedem in Germany and the other in Terrejon in Spain.