Russian invasion of Ukraine

BlueAnorak said:
Pretty much NONE.
Sea Viper on ships.
Rapier (ancient) being replaced with Skysabre this year. (Shortish range - a few km)
Starstreak MANPADS in units. (Very short range) - excellent kit taking a huge toll of Russian helicopters and support aviation in Ukraine.
- No real medium range capablity like NASMS (Starstreak is good but not the range of NASMS)
- No long range capability like Patriot.
- No cheap anti drone system like Gépard.

Yes, just another example of how shit our military actually is. You'd have thought it was a priority since Feb 22 - but no another example of how shit this government is.
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Hold on, what about NATO IAMD?
 
SPIDERBOY said:
Expect a lot of either Russian POWs or dead Russians.....soon.
Klishchiivka,Donetsk Region.

Slava Ukraini.
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SiMCFC said:
Just put of curiosity because I know there are some knowledgeable military types on here, how many air defence systems do we have in the UK in comparison to what they have in Ukraine, Poland etc and are they always ready to be mobilised, it's something I've always wondered
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The UK does have a fixed air defence system with long-range air defence radars linked to a control centre at RAF Boulmer. The radars are situated in the north of the Shetlands down to Cornwall, most of them on the east coast. We used to have Boing AWAC Sentry aircraft to supplement the ground radars but they went out of service in 2021 and will be replaced by the E7 Wedgetail starting later this year. RN air defence ships, with missiles, can integrate with ground systems during exercises or times of conflict. We also automatically exchange air defence information with NATO systems, from the top of Norway, down to southern France. Typhoon aircraft carry out interceptions of Russian bombers and intelligence aircraft on a regular basis. They are vectored onto their targets by ground controllers based at Boulmer and other sites.

We don't have any ground-based long-range missiles to intercept enemy targets though. Bloodhound Mk2, which had a range of up to 150 miles, went out of service in 1991 and was not replaced. The Rapier and other army systems are short-range (20 miles) systems.
 
KS55 said:
Hold on, what about NATO IAMD?
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What about it?
When it's rolled out it just gives us detection capabilities for other countries to shoot down stuff for us. Sky Sabre integrates with it. But we don't cover our own sky's at the moment - barely a medium range capability.
 
BlueAnorak said:
What about it?
When it's rolled out it just gives us detection capabilities for other countries to shoot down stuff for us. Sky Sabre integrates with it. But we don't cover our own sky's at the moment - barely a medium range capability.
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Cheers. Answers my question.
 
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