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The problem is that you don’t have the sort of ground teams and coordination necessary. We’re talking about raw conscripts after all of the attrition. Strafing is actually far riskier than you appreciate. To be high enough to sight the canon on an A-10, you’re vulnerable to a lot of AA. In 2003, 14.5mm was enough to disable an A-10 on a staffing run. Yes, it recovered to base but was effectively out of the conflict. Pilot saved, airframe lost. And yes the A-10 was designed to survive 23mm strikes but that doesn’t mean it can remain operational. My Jaguar/BL-755 analogy was a perfect example of what you need at extreme low levels. There’s a reason why RAF Germany discounted strafing as a tactic. And if we’re talking about A-10s, it must mean that UAVs are suffering extreme attrition. Those Turkish TB-2s have disappeared from the news and there’s some reason why Putin made yesterday’s Turkish visit? We’re down to low level flying and a low level UCAV is a useless concept. UAVs are all about having a decent line of sight to spot targets, decent altitude for small gliding munitions.
The problem is that you don’t have the sort of ground teams and coordination necessary. We’re talking about raw conscripts after all of the attrition.
Strafing is actually far riskier than you appreciate. To be high enough to sight the canon on an A-10, you’re vulnerable to a lot of AA. In 2003, 14.5mm was enough to disable an A-10 on a staffing run. Yes, it recovered to base but was effectively out of the conflict. Pilot saved, airframe lost. And yes the A-10 was designed to survive 23mm strikes but that doesn’t mean it can remain operational.
My Jaguar/BL-755 analogy was a perfect example of what you need at extreme low levels. There’s a reason why RAF Germany discounted strafing as a tactic.
And if we’re talking about A-10s, it must mean that UAVs are suffering extreme attrition. Those Turkish TB-2s have disappeared from the news and there’s some reason why Putin made yesterday’s Turkish visit? We’re down to low level flying and a low level UCAV is a useless concept. UAVs are all about having a decent line of sight to spot targets, decent altitude for small gliding munitions.
