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The author barely mentions SEAD in the post, and makes an offhand comment that the Russians should be able to take care of SAMs with large formations. I think t
by nickff 5y ago
The author barely mentions SEAD in the post, and makes an offhand comment that the Russians should be able to take care of SAMs with large formations. I think that qualifies as down-playing, but I can see how you might disagree.
- jholman 5y agoMy read was, he was saying something like: "If the VKS had the large-scale organizational capabilities we'd previously assumed, then they'd have a straightforward SEAD approach (involving strength in numbers and some moderate SEAD sophistication), though it might lose aircraft (perhaps due to comparably low SEAD sophistication, I don't know). Then, having eliminated the SAMs, they could fly higher, in larger numbers. So it's weird that they don't do that. This is circumstantial evidence that they aren't capable of this type of SEAD, and this in turn is more evidence for my tentative conclusion that they might be incapable of air operations of more than a few planes." That's what I got out of the SEAD comments in TFA.