I’ve said this before, in many places, so it’s not new but you follow the laws of war for two reasons: to win the peace, and ensure that when the war’s over, when you look in the mirror you don’t see a monster looking back at you.
The standard military answer is “it depends.” For JDAMs and LGBs, you can get a little more stand-off from the target, but even for those—and for unguided munitions—very high altitudes cause all those problems you just mentioned. But it’s low enough that MANPADS become a real problem.
The first few days of this war.
Hard-pressed to tell whether it was a JDAM or dumb bomb.
The real concern here is that because these aren’t true stand-off munitions, aircraft will have to get much closer—and lower—to targets to effectively deliver them. And that’s when we’ll see how much of Iran’s MANPADS inventory survived
As a former JTAC I think it should be noted that unguided bombs can still be delivered with a significant degree of precision thanks to the onboard systems of the aircraft delivering them. Those systems can calculate ballistic trajectories so accurate that when the bomb hits the target, you’d be
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Any time someone says “XYZ is the [insert adjective here] in history,” it’s a good indication they don’t know any history and can’t be bothered to learn.
Want to get scared even more shitless
Without naval magazine depth, play a scenario in Littoral Commander, where in 12 hours you’re out of schlitz in basically everything
So we’re going to abandon the Iranian people, after calling for them to rise up, for the second time in two months.
We’ve had all these McDonald’s happy meal cards for ages and I figured it was time to tie it all together.
Heaven help me, what have I gotten me and my son into…
Nothing ever ends.
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The author was my predecessor at the Krulak Center. Proud to know him and proud he wrote this:
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I hope they both lose.
#2 feels like a disproportionate response to mere snottiness, moderate or not. Simply not engaging in the conversation anymore is always an option.
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I’m sure continued iterations of movement timelines, transit corridors, aircraft and ship readiness, and airlift priorities are in no way providing adversaries with valuable data points that will later be used against us.
Some newly arrived reflection on the 4th anniversary of the full invasion of #Ukraine:
Four years. Don’t forget and don’t look away. #Ukraine #SlavaUkrayini
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