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  • WWIII air defence over Europe was supposed to have a forward zone of attack helicopters,A10, Frogfoots etc then a missile belt then an air defence zone patrolled by F15s . Maybe the Ukrainians could establish a missile belt and inch it forward, the Russians would do the same over their troops giving a defacto no fly zone.

    The areas were split up like this to stop “friendly Fire” I don’t think anyone can identify a moving aircraft at 3km.

    Stinger missiles should curtail tactical air power but LGBs probably allow attacks on supply lines from higher altitude.

  • The areas were split up like this to stop “friendly Fire” I don’t think anyone can identify a moving aircraft at 3km.

    That depends really,. The Russians were moving to upgrade/replace their IFF systems in 2013/14...if they did manage to do that perhaps they can identify fast jets at close range. At the time they were talking about using encrypted ADSB.

  • I was thinking more about the Ukrainians I’m not sure of the total number of SAMs we have sent or how many Ukraine already had but there are a lot out there.
    Our Cold War infantry Anti Aircraft tactic was shoot at anything it’s probably hostile.

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