But what im saying is that basically all AD sucks. Look at Saudi fuel tanks and Israeli ship which had something like AEGIS radar on it was hit. I'm begging to think AD for most part is a money making scam or a work in progress. I dont know what air defence Pakistan has but US just flew helicopters in to get bin laden, noone had any idea they were coming.
I remember in the bombing of Serbia in 1999, the serbs launched 2 MiG-29's from Belgrade to hit a US base in Bosnia. those Migs got within 45km of the US base. US and everything there to protect the base, AWACS, fighters, patriots, close in air defence, you know what downed those Migs? An F16. So watching all this, I'm not that convinced air defence is generally very good anywhere.
I would say Iraq had a much weaker army than Ukatine. All Iraqi weapons were Ukranian and Russian anyway. Ukraine was the second most powerful republic in the Soviet Union. twice the population of Iraq in 1991. and very industrialised.
Saudi air defenses are composed of point defense systems in large part with radar coverage gaps that could be exploited by Houthi and Iran from time-to-time. Check following posts one by one for perspective:
Correct - not only was it there a while ago but the Indians too were aware of it being there after a few months in country. Currently Ravi Nirudkar at Raytheon is making his pitch for a large AARGM purchase by India but is being countered by DRDO with Rudram. Hopefully the DRDO guys prevail so...
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Mach 24 when outside the atmosphere. Within the atmosphere the warheads are drastically slower. Interception of ballistic missiles is possible, basically at all stages, depending on the location of launch. Decoy detecting methods exist. Arrow 3, Arrow 4, GMD and other laser/satellite based...
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They made a difference in the Battle of Kiev. SAM based AD are not effective against modern drones and missiles. This has been proven booth in the ME and Ukraine. Considering the costs of modern SAM AD systems.....are they worth it?? Not really, IMO. Resources are better spent on offensive...
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A lot of Russian attacks today..
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A lot of Russian attacks today..
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Saudi air defenses have blunted numerous attacks as well so credit where due. It is not easy to intercept ballistic missiles.
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INS Hanit does not have AEGIS and it is much less of a warship in comparison to sophisticated destroyers out there.
Compare with performance of USS Mason in 2016:
"On three separate dates in October 2016, the USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Nitze (DDG-94), USS San Antonio (LPD-17), and USS Ponce (AFSB-15) came under attack while operating off the western coast of Yemen, near the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. While all four ships were not always operating together as a...
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An Arleigh Burke class warship is like a moving fortress in the seas. But very expensive as well.
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Pakistani air defenses are good enough for stopping Indian airborne threats but US is another ballgame in comparison. US has vastly superior technology and have developed much better battle tactics than Indians courtesy of its vast battlefield experience. I will not fault Pakistan in this matter. Mine is a country of limited resources and I have realistic expectations from it.
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Even if Iraq had some big ticket items such as S-300 systems and a functioning Air Force, these would have made no difference whatsoever when up against a war-machine like NATO. The REAL FIGHT was on the ground and mostly around (and inside) Iraqi cities.
In my view the objective of this conflict is to overthrow Putin and install a puppet government in Russia. Someone like Yeltzin. A side benefit is that Germany and Europe come under Anglo-Zionist control, which has already happened. If Putin is overthrown I will accept that Russia lost. If he...
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US-led forces suffered significant set backs in the Battle of Nasiriyah in fact -
the FIRST MAJOR BATTLE of war in Iraq on the ground. Even though thousands of Iraqi combatants lost their lives in this battle and US-led forces were able to secure Nasiriyah, Iraqi General Raad Hamdani credited battle in this city for motivating Iraqi forces to FIGHT in other locations by and large, in a series of his interviews.
YOU cannot take over a country by force and execute REGIME CHANGE there until or unless YOU can secure its cities. Your forces must be well-equipped for URBAN WARFARE therefore.
It is the main battle tank (MBT) that provides the required level of MOBILITY and PUNCH to move forward and secure "areas of interest." American and British MBTs are not only mobile but pack a significant PUNCH and are SURVIVABLE. American and British MBTs could take multiple hits and survive in Iraqi urban spaces.
The problem of Russian MBTs is that they are NOT survivable. Similarly, Ukrainian MBTs are NOT survivable. This shortcoming has FORCED both camps to OVER RELY upon artillery pieces to secure "areas of interest." This is why either camp is SLOW to make advances.
Russian forces have FAILED to take over much of Ukraine and execute REGIME CHANGE there because its MBTs are NOT survivable. Russian battle tactics are also less developed than that of NATO.