tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post2900780243202722045..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Luftwaffe: F-35 or Typhoon for air/ground?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-4130604589838796742018-03-09T01:43:00.228+01:002018-03-09T01:43:00.228+01:00Surprised about the 500 SRBMs. Sort of a taboo for...Surprised about the 500 SRBMs. Sort of a taboo for Europeans. If Germany kept the ~250 MLRS operational with the newer ATACMS version that would be the exact 500 in the first strike.<br /><br />Bases. Considering the number of civilian runways and more then an excellent road network - why not go the Swedish BAS 04 way? A fighter squadron that can be operated form two different bases simultaneously with all support being mobile. <br /><br />No F-35s. Indeed. If spending - then F-15Es. Or better why not keep the Tornados? Increase the ECR number. If frames with acceptable flight hours still exist buy them from other users. If not - rebuild. War is always about attrition - numbers matter. You already have the pilots and the ground crews. Why switch to new? The plane will do it's job in years to come. The opponent is not that superior. Spare parts, ordnance.<br /> <br />Wish Raytheon could cut the height of Sea-RAM a bit. It's not that heavy, already in use. If in could be a bit shorter so can be truck mounted and travel by most roads. <br /><br />LX Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-59428756310906723962018-03-02T10:02:48.407+01:002018-03-02T10:02:48.407+01:00Well,
http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.de/2016/...Well,<br />http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.de/2016/09/airbase-safety.html<br /><br />Luftwaffe uses Taurus on Tornado afiak, but integration in Typhoon was begun years ago and may be completed already (I didn't bother to to check; they would use Typhoon for it anyway as long as it's available).S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-57322852164450750512018-03-02T01:20:09.396+01:002018-03-02T01:20:09.396+01:00I am dubious about the survivability of airfields ...I am dubious about the survivability of airfields even against CM attacks which way outrange Iskanders. If you are going to build more infrastructure, it needs to be hardened, easily repairable and chock full of decoys etc. and given good air and ground defences, EOD, CBRN, rapid runway repair teams, repair materials etc. None of this is sexy either.<br /><br />What platform does the Luftwaffe use the Taurus KEPD350 from?Chris Werbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12401452513193996839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-10299865064670401722018-03-01T22:17:58.302+01:002018-03-01T22:17:58.302+01:00https://fas.org/man/eprint/benson.htm
https://www...https://fas.org/man/eprint/benson.htm<br /><br />https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/09/the-airbus-a400m-atlas-part-3-a-multi-purpose-platform/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-56092277419703411422018-03-01T20:15:04.701+01:002018-03-01T20:15:04.701+01:00You need no combat aircraft as bomb truck. Transpo...You need no combat aircraft as bomb truck. Transport aircraft with rear ramp can do so in COIN and with ALCMs in conventional warfare. Nothing cheap is survivable in face of modern red fighters or air defences unless it's cheaper than the missiles they'd have to use.<br /><br />There's also the spectre of red air defences refusing to allow their destruction and persisting as 'fleet in being' in survival mode as did the Yugoslav air defences in 1999.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-81931259875316561792018-03-01T20:04:58.891+01:002018-03-01T20:04:58.891+01:00What would you think about cheap bomb-trucks. Whic...What would you think about cheap bomb-trucks. Which could be even "COIN" Aircrafts which would have several other advantages too in the current expeditionary warfare. Such COIN Aircraft / light ground attack aircraft could carry out A2G missions much cheaper after the enemy air defence is reduced / destroyed than other much more advanced aircraft and are therefore much more efficient as simple bomb trucks. Whats your opinion about that idea ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com