Early Access: Air Defense for Ukraine
Added 2022-03-22 08:42:35 +0000 UTCAfter that mad rush earlier this month, here is the promised return of Early Access. I thought that for this episode, I'd tackle Air Defense and explain the ins-and-outs as it appears to be one of those issues that keeps coming back in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This episode is going to be released on Thursday, so enjoy watching it before everyone else :)
Thanks for the support,
Chris
Comments
As a former US Air Defense Artillery officer trained on the Chaparral missile and Vulcan gun systems, thank you for your excellent Modern Air Defense 101 video! Although you didn’t directly state it, you covered the tenets of ADA employment- Mass Mix Mobility Integration- very well.
Richard Goldblatt
2022-03-24 13:43:17 +0000 UTCThanks again, Chris, very well done.
Timothy Mulligan
2022-03-23 19:01:06 +0000 UTCvery well done summary
Dan
2022-03-23 12:24:58 +0000 UTCVery helpful, thanks
H Norman Angell
2022-03-23 04:30:07 +0000 UTCThanks for the great point regarding time needed to train (or retrain) troops in the more sophisticated, longer range air defense systems. HOWEVER, if it won't work to just send those systems to Ukraine as is, how about providing expedited training to their soldiers outside of Ukraine, then send them back in once they're learned the system? Yes, it will still take time, but I would think they could reduce the time required if you could take them out of the combat zone. Maybe.
Sean Tyson
2022-03-23 03:07:11 +0000 UTCThank you for the primer on air defense. When I was a youngster, my dad took me to a beach viewing area (mid 1970's). The US Army was doing an Air Defense Artillery shoot in the early evening. The shooters were a drone missile, a ground based tracked vulcan machine gun and a missile type shooter. First went the drone target. That was pretty cool. Then the vulcan. Yes tracers were used too. After the 'buurrrp', then visually following the tracers, could see the impact and hear the impact (at least that is what I though it was). Then, the missile for the larger kill. Very impressive for a young guy in the mid 1970's. Later, (of course) seeing these systems as an adult and in action is another story.
Frank C
2022-03-23 01:23:26 +0000 UTCWould SLAMRAAM be regarded as a medium range system?
Ole Bjørsvik
2022-03-22 14:23:09 +0000 UTCAs I remember it; during the Six-Days War Israeli students in the United States were called out of universities to get training on TOW anti-tank missile systems. -- There has to be a lot of educated Ukrainians in the West that could be trained on "stuff", whether missile systems, ESM or passive radar whatever. And they doesn't need to be combat-fit. A highly educated Ukrainian mum of advanced age, could still again train others or become a technical operator or advisor. (If this lasts for another winter, I hope I could find cultural similar -- low-key North-West Europe style -- trainers I could give an assisting hand in training others for free. German ZUZ and USAF I know have a fine, low-key teaching style...)
Ole Bjørsvik
2022-03-22 14:11:52 +0000 UTCAt the point of russia using bio and chemo wropons nato either steps up or stays useless.
John aitken
2022-03-22 13:29:43 +0000 UTC
