I thought this was going to be about increasing average age of frontline troops, but increasing average age of frontline equipment works too.
Bring back anti-drone pom poms or anti-air artillery with shrapnel bombs. Literally roll out the Great Patriotic War museum pieces with an enhanced rangefinder connected to a drone EM detector.
The article title is intentional and related to that song.
I know when that happened: Night on May 31/June 1 was very hard - first one launcher from 240th by Nadalj where two guys killed and a bit later, i think it was 4AM or so, 1S91 from the 310th by the village Omoljica. Ceca was there and he ordered commander to turn radar when planes were above. They got hit with HARM in 7-8 seconds. I was on duty that night in the command.
Thanks for this text. But one question: You said that NATO forces could easily spot and destroy Yugoslav/Serbian radar in few moments after it was turned on.
Why is it so that Russia cannot have or does not use such capabilities in this war?
The issue with that particular case was that SEAD groups were virtually 4-5 kilometers from the radar position and about 6 kilometers above. 2 seconds to detect and process the signal, 1 second to launch HARM in automatic mode and 4-5 seconds to hit. In Ukraine, these radars are far west around larger cities.
I thought this was going to be about increasing average age of frontline troops, but increasing average age of frontline equipment works too.
Bring back anti-drone pom poms or anti-air artillery with shrapnel bombs. Literally roll out the Great Patriotic War museum pieces with an enhanced rangefinder connected to a drone EM detector.
As an old US Army A.D.A. man It was interesting to see these old boys again.
We only got to see them in the manuals the Army would regularly hand out.
Thank you for this extensive research with notable implications, especially for Yemen, Mike.
You are welcome John.
Unrelated to AD topic - this title reminded me of famous New Year performances of "When the saints go marching in" by "Sedmorica Mladih"...
Related to KUB - I lost a schoolmate in late spring of '99, whose KUB radar stayed on for too long... At least, that's what we heard...
The article title is intentional and related to that song.
I know when that happened: Night on May 31/June 1 was very hard - first one launcher from 240th by Nadalj where two guys killed and a bit later, i think it was 4AM or so, 1S91 from the 310th by the village Omoljica. Ceca was there and he ordered commander to turn radar when planes were above. They got hit with HARM in 7-8 seconds. I was on duty that night in the command.
Thanks for this text. But one question: You said that NATO forces could easily spot and destroy Yugoslav/Serbian radar in few moments after it was turned on.
Why is it so that Russia cannot have or does not use such capabilities in this war?
Yw.
The issue with that particular case was that SEAD groups were virtually 4-5 kilometers from the radar position and about 6 kilometers above. 2 seconds to detect and process the signal, 1 second to launch HARM in automatic mode and 4-5 seconds to hit. In Ukraine, these radars are far west around larger cities.