| Tango01 | 04 Nov 2014 9:14 p.m. PST |
"…The article is written by former Soviet naval officer Maksim Tokarev, and contains a depth of detail about Soviet military operations that I have never seen before. So there's plenty of red meat for the military wonks, including the fact that the Soviets planned to send a fleet of 100 bombers armed with anti-ship missiles against a US aircraft-carrier battle group, fully expecting to lose half of them to enemy action. But there's also wit and drama, which you rarely find in these types of papers. Here's an account of an air-crew briefing for a mock raid by Soviet Backfire bombers (pictured) on a US carrier fleet somewhere in the Pacific:…"
Full article here
link Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 04 Nov 2014 9:52 p.m. PST |
A very short, but interesting article. Seems like the Russians were trying to think outside the box in some cases. |
| Mikasa | 05 Nov 2014 12:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting this Tango, really intertesting stuff |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 05 Nov 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
Agreed, this is a good one. |
| Tango01 | 05 Nov 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Deadone | 06 Nov 2014 8:38 p.m. PST |
Amazing article. Didn't know the Japanese used primitive ECM I suspect most sorties of any sort in WW3 were one way trips.
It's also interesting that a modern carrier group is not as capable of defending itself from mass cruise missiles due to shorter range of F/A-18, smaller weapons load and shorter missile range than F-14. This is despite it being able to detect at greater ranges thanks to improvements in radars.
And any operations against China carry very much a risk of massed cruise missile salvos. |
| Tango01 | 06 Nov 2014 11:21 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it too my friend! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Mithmee | 17 Nov 2014 7:08 a.m. PST |
I would expect them to lose 75%-100% of them. |
| Deadone | 19 Nov 2014 5:39 p.m. PST |
I would expect them to lose 75%-100% of them That's a tad overconfident. No such thing as certainty in war. |
| Lion in the Stars | 20 Nov 2014 10:54 p.m. PST |
Thomas, did you read the article? The Russians were expecting to lose 75+% of the attacking bombers in exchange for taking out a carrier group when the Tomcats were out to play. They'd probably only lose 50% today, since the AMRAAM just can't compare to the Phoenix in terms of warhead (40-50lbs versus 135lbs). AIM-120D models have roughly the same range as a Phoenix, but I think it would take 2-3 AMRAAM-Ds to knock out a Bear or Backfire. |
| Mako11 | 23 Nov 2014 11:13 p.m. PST |
Yep, loss of the Tomcats and Phoenix missiles are severe blows to carrier battlegroup capabilities. |
gets roads for his Team Yankee set-up.
