إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو

"SEAD" redirects here. For other uses, see Sead (disambiguation).
A US Navy EA-18G Growler, loaded with AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles

إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو، (SEAD, pronounced /ˈsiːʔæd/) المعروف أيضًا في الولايات المتحدة باسم Wild Weasel و(في البداية) عمليات "Iron Hand"، هي عمليات عسكرية لإخماد الدفاع الجوي السطحي للعدو، بما في ذلك ليس فقط صواريخ أرض - جو (SAMs) والمدفعية المضادة للطائرات (AAA) ولكن أيضًا أنظمة مترابطة مثل رادار الإنذار المبكر ووظائف القيادة والتحكم والاتصال (C3)، مع تحديد الأهداف الأخرى المراد تدميرها بضربة جوية. يمكن تحقيق الإخماد من خلال التدمير المادي للأنظمة أو عن طريق تعطيلها وخداعها من خلال الحرب الإلكترونية. في الحرب الحديثة، يمكن أن تشكل مهام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو ما يصل إلى 30٪ من جميع الطلعات الجوية التي تم إطلاقها في الأسبوع الأول من القتال وتستمر بمعدل مخفض خلال بقية الحملة.[1] ربع الطلعات القتالية الأمريكية في النزاعات الأخيرة كانت من مهام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو.[2] على الرغم من ارتباطها بالطائرات بشكل عام، يمكن تنفيذ مهام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو باستخدام أي وسيلة، بما في ذلك من خلال الأعمال التي تقوم بها القوات البرية.

ظهرت عمليات بدائية شبيهة لإخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية، حيث قام العديد من المشاركين بمحاولات لإضعاف محطات الرادار الأرضية للعدو. ومع ذلك، فإن مهام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو التي نفذتها طائرات مخصصة قامت أولاً بمهام قتالية خلال حرب ڤييتنام، وكان سلاح الجو الأمريكي EF-105F/F-105G Thunderchief و A-6B Intruder التابع للبحرية الأمريكية من بين هؤلاء الرواد؛ Operation Linebacker دمجت عن قصد إجراءات إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو لتحسين بقاء القاذفات وزيادة الفعالية الشاملة.

شملت الصراعات المبكرة الأخرى التي شهدت تنفيذ مهام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو حرب حرب فوكلاندز التي أجريت عام 1982، على ميناء ستانلي، وحرب لبنان 1982، في وادي البقاع. أثبت الوعي التكتيكي، أو عدم وجوده، لدى مشغلي الدفاع الجوي أنه عامل حاسم في معدل نجاح هذه المهام. قصف الولايات المتحدة لليبيا عام 1986، بينما لم يتم تدمير شبكة الدفاع الجوي الليبية المتكاملة، فقد تضررت دون أن تتكبد القوات الأمريكية خسائر كبيرة.

خلال التسعينيات، تم استخدام إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو على نطاق واسع، خاصة خلال حرب الخليج في أوائل التسعينيات. تم تنفيذ هجمات جوية مكثفة للدفاعات الجوية العراقية المتكاملة خلال عملية الرعد الفوري، وهي الهجمات الجوية للتحالف في بداية الصراع. لجأ مشغلو SAM العراقيون بانتظام إلى إطلاق الصواريخ بأقل قدر من التوجيه أو بدون توجيه بسبب مخاوف من أن استخدام الرادار قد أدى إلى انتقام سريع. تم تدمير جميع الدفاعات الجوية العراقية في الجنوب، على الرغم من أن الأجواء ظلت غير آمنة للتحليق على ارتفاع منخفض.

في قصف الناتو ليوغسلاڤيا عام 1999، أثبتت الدفاعات الجوية للمدافع أنها أقل عرضة للخطر وأكثر فاعلية؛ على الرغم من أن طائرتين فقط قد فُقدت أمام صواريخ سام اليوغسلافية، إلا أن إسقاط طائرة downing of a F-117A Nighthawk كانت أول خسارة قتالية لطائرة خفية على الإطلاق. في حرب العراق في العقد الأول من القرن الحادي والعشرين، استهدفت طائرات التحالف مرارًا وتكرارًا صواريخ سام عراقية خلال المرحلة الافتتاحية من الصراع، على الرغم من ذلك، كانت الضربات الجوية تتم عادةً من مسافات المواجهة لتجنب هذه الدفاعات، وتم تجنب الطيران منخفض المستوى.

في الغزو الروسي لأوكرانيا 2022، بينما ورد أن العديد من منشآت الدفاع الجوي الأوكرانية دمرت أو تضررت في الأيام الأولى من الحرب بسبب الضربات الجوية الروسية، ربما لم تتمكن روسيا من تحقيق التفوق الجوي؛ زُعم أن مواقع سام الأوكرانية متوسطة المدى أجبرت الطائرات على التحليق على ارتفاع منخفض، لكن هذا يجعلها عرضة لأنظمة الدفاع الجوي المحمولة.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

التاريخ

ما قبل حرب فيتنام

قبل حرب فيتنام، كانت إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو مهمة غير محددة: على الرغم من إجراء محاولات لتدمير مواقع الدفاع الجوي للعدو، فقد تم القيام بذلك على أساس الطائرات الفردية وفيما يتعلق بأهداف أو عمليات محددة بدلاً من كونها جزءًا من استراتيجية أو عقيدة شاملة من قمع الدفاع.[3] على الرغم من فظاظة هذه التكتيكات، إلا أنها كانت فعالة في كثير من الأحيان في وقتها.[4]


الحرب العالمية الثانية

خلال معركة بريطانيا، حاولت لوفت‌ڤافه الألمانية تدمير محطات رادار تشين هوم لبريطانيا العظمى من أجل إضعاف شبكة الدفاع الجوي البريطانية. ومع ذلك، فشلت القيادة الألمانية العليا في إدراك كفاءة ليس فقط محطات الرادار نفسها ولكن نظام القيادة والتحكم الذي يوجه الدفاعات الجوية البريطانية. بعد تفاؤل أولي بشأن تدمير مواقع الرادار، تقرر في النهاية وقف هذه الهجمات تمامًا باستثناء ظروف استثنائية.[5] مع تحول الحرب الجوية في أوروبا لصالح الحلفاء، اعتمد الألمان بشدة على AAA للدفاع ضد هجمات القصف. وقد تم إثبات ذلك في خسائر طائرات الحلفاء بين عامي 1943 و 1944، حيث تم تقليل الخسائر في مقاتلات العدو إلى النصف، بينما زادت الخسائر الناجمة عن القصف في flak بمقدار عشرة أضعاف.[6]

فهمًا لأهمية مواقع الرادار الألمانية، وجه الحلفاء هجمات ضد هذه المنشآت وقدموا تقنية جديدة لمواجهة تأثيرات AAA الموجهة بالرادار، بما في ذلك CARPET (US) and WINDOW (UK). أدى التغيير في التكتيكات إلى تحليق تشكيلات القاذفات على ارتفاع أعلى وانتشارها بشكل أكبر لتجنب آثار القصف. كما تم تنفيذ مهام قصف لإنجاز التدمير المادي لمواقع AAA، باستخدام معلومات استخباراتية لتحديد مواقع الأسلحة واستخدام قاذفات القنابل الثقيلة والقاذفات المقاتلة لتدميرها. تم اختيار P-47 Thunderbolt على وجه الخصوص لهذه المهمة نظرًا لقدرتها على النجاة من نيران العدو. تباين تأثير هذه المهام، حيث تكبدت القاذفات المقاتلة خسائر أعلى بكثير - تصل إلى 40٪ في بعض الحالات - بسبب هجماتها على ارتفاعات منخفضة.[7]

لعبت المدفعية أيضًا دورًا رئيسيًا في قمع الدفاعات الجوية، حيث كان الجيش البريطاني أول من طور ما أصبح يعرف بمهمات "مضادة للهجوم" أو مهام "فطيرة التفاح". تم استخدام هذه المهمات لأول مرة لتأثير محدود خلال معركة فرنسا لكنها نضجت مع تقدم الحرب. حدثت أكبر مهمة إخماد الدفاعات الجوية للعدو في التاريخ في 24 مارس 1945، عندما حاولت قوات مدفعية الفيلق البريطاني الثاني عشر تدمير شبكة الدفاع الجوي الألمانية المحلية لدعم عملية فارسيتي. على الرغم من إطلاق 24 ألف قذيفة مدفعية على مدار 22 دقيقة على حوالي مائة هدف، إلا أن المهمة باءت بالفشل بسبب بيانات الاستهداف غير الدقيقة وقوة النيران غير الكافية.[8]

في مسرح المحيط الهادئ، أحرز اليابانيون تقدمًا محدودًا فقط في تطوير رادار للدفاع الجوي وكانت الأنظمة الموجودة لديهم بدائية ويسهل تجنبها. ومع ذلك، عندما بدأ الأمريكيون حملة القصف ضد اليابان كان هناك قلق بشأن العدد الكبير من مواقع الرادار الموجودة في الجزر الأصلية. لهذا الغرض، تم تزويد B-24 Liberators وبوينگ بي-29 سوپرفورترس بأجهزة صاروخ موجه بالرادار لإجراء مهمات "نمس" لتحديد عمليات إرسال الرادار. تم استخدام المعلومات التي تم الحصول عليها من هذه المهام لتجهيز طائرات B-29 الأخرى بأجهزة التشويش على الرادار و chaff لإرباك رادارات الدفاع الجوي اليابانية أثناء قيامها بمهامها.[9] B-25 Mitchell تم تجهيزها أيضًا بمعدات توجيه الرادار واستخدمت لقيادة فرق "الصياد القاتل" من قاذفات B-25 الأخرى في تحديد مواقع رادار الإنذار المبكر اليابانية وتدميرها.[10]


الحرب الكورية

بينما كانت هناك بعض التغييرات التكنولوجية بين الحرب العالمية الثانية والحرب الكورية، فإن العديد من التكتيكات للتعامل مع الدفاعات الجوية للعدو ظلت كما هي. بالنسبة للطائرات التي تقوم بمهام على ارتفاعات منخفضة، ظلت AAA تشكل خطرًا دائمًا؛ في الواقع، كان انخراط طيار قيادة الأمم المتحدة في قتال جو-جو أقل خطورة من مهاجمة أهداف أرضية.[11] كما ساهمت التضاريس والطقس في شبه الجزيرة الكورية في الأخطار المرتبطة بمهام الهجوم الأرضي. ومع ذلك، فإن ظهور الطائرات النفاثة أحدث العديد من التغييرات. بالمقارنة مع الطائرات المروحية، كانت الطائرات أسرع بكثير، ويمكن أن تتسلق بشكل حاد، وكانت أكثر مقاومة للتلف وكانت أكثر هدوءًا في التشغيل. وبالتالي كانوا قادرين على مهاجمة الأهداف الأرضية بشكل أكثر فاعلية والهروب، وبينما شاركت كل من الطائرات التي تعمل بالدفع النفاث والمروحة في الحرب الكورية، تكبدت الأخيرة خسائر فادحة وتم التخلص منها إلى حد كبير بنهاية الصراع.[12]

مع تقدم الحرب، طور الشيوعيون شبكة دفاع جوي متكاملة شديدة المركزية، تضم رادارات الإنذار المبكر، والاعتراض الأرضي (GCI) و AAA. أجبرت قوة هذه الشبكة قاذفات UNC على القيام بمهام قصف على ارتفاعات أبعد من متناول الأسلحة الأرضية، على الرغم من أن هذا أثر على دقة قنابلهم. امتلكت قيادة الأمم المتحدة أيضًا شبكة دفاع جوي فعالة، ولكن القوات الجوية الكورية الشمالية تم تدميرها إلى حد كبير في وقت مبكر من الحرب وسلاح جو جيش التحرير الشعبي كانت تركز بشكل حصري تقريبًا على مهمة التفوق الجوي بدلاً من مهاجمة القوات البرية لقيادة الأمم المتحدة.[13]


حرب فيتنام

انظر أيضاً: Wild Weasel
An F-105G Thunderchief 'Wild Weasel' carrying AGM-45 and AGM-78 missiles taking off from Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base.

The Vietnam War saw the evolution of what would become known as SEAD over the course of the conflict. At the start of Operation Rolling Thunder, North Vietnam's air defenses were only dealt with in a piecemeal fashion, in spite of intelligence indicating that the North Vietnam Army was developing an integrated air defense system (IADS) dedicated to air deniability. This included the construction of sixty SA-2 Guideline SAM sites by the end of 1965 which, though only accomplishing one hit for every thirteen missiles fired, were responsible for shooting down nearly 15% of American aircraft lost that year. Early attempts to counter this system consisted of modified F-100 Super Sabres using crude homing equipment to locate and bomb radar-guided SAM and AAA sites, but these missions incurred heavy losses and the threat to American aircraft continued to grow.[14] In 1966 a task force was put together to analyze the challenges presented by the NVA's air defense network and recommend ways to counter it. One of these was for aircraft to operate at low altitudes (below 500 meters) where the missiles were less effective. This also put the aircraft well within range of AAA, which would account for nearly 85% of all American aircraft losses during Rolling Thunder.[15]

Eventually new SEAD-dedicated aircraft were introduced, the Air Force's EF-105F/F-105G Thunderchief and Navy's A-6B Intruder, which mounted more sophisticated detection equipment and carried the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missiles (ARMs). These fighter-bombers became very adept at tracking down and destroying ground-based air defense weapons, such that it became common for a vast majority of NVA SAM operators to turn off their radars whenever an F-105G was spotted. While this prevented the SAM from physically being destroyed, it essentially accomplished the same mission of suppressing air defenses around the target. Electronic warfare aircraft were also used to suppress air defenses by jamming NVA radars, with first the EB-66 Destroyer joined later by the EA-6B Prowler.[15] By the end of Rolling Thunder these changes had caused a significant degradation in the effectiveness of SAMs: only one SA-2 missile out of every forty-eight fired resulted in a hit.[16] In spite of these changes, SEAD remained a primarily tactical function throughout Rolling Thunder, with American leadership either unaware or unappreciative of North Vietnam's IADS.[15]

Losses suffered by F-105 Wild Weasels spurred on the development of a new variant based on the F-4C Phantom II, the EF-4C Phantom Wild Weasel IV. The first thirty-six of these were delivered to Southeast Asia in 1969 and so missed taking part in Rolling Thunder. While carrying the same electronics as in the F-105G, the dense internal structure of the F-4 Phantom prevented the EF-4C from efficiently mounting this equipment, which meant it could not carry the superior AGM-78 Standard missile.[17][18] By the start of Operation Linebacker, Wild Weasel missions were both more and less effective. Tactics and technology had evolved which improved the suppression of individual SAM sites, however the American military still failed to consider the integrated nature of North Vietnam's air defense network. Not only did the network possess thousands of radar- and optical-guided AAA and SAM sites, it also consisted of early-warning radars, intelligence-gathering agencies, and hundreds of ground-controlled interceptors. Thus, while fewer American aircraft were lost to SAMs during Linebacker, many more were lost in air-to-air combat.[19]

Operation Linebacker II started off similarly to Linebacker I with regards to SEAD tactics but was remarkable for the introduction of B-52 Stratofortress bombers in the defense-suppression role. During the early part of the operation, a combination of poor tactical employment and overconfidence on the part of Strategic Air Command resulted in the loss of a number of B-52s to SA-2 missiles, enough to force a rethink in how to counteract the enemy's air defenses. The latter part of Linebacker II finally saw a concerted effort made to suppress the entire North Vietnamese IADS and significantly reduced the losses suffered.[20] Only one SA-2 missile for every sixty-eight fired resulted in a hit, the lowest ratio of the entire war.[16] The SEAD tactics displayed at the end of Linebacker II, involving the combination of traditional understanding of SEAD with electronic warfare and C3 countermeasures, laid the groundwork for future development.[20]

حروب ما بعد فيتنام

An A-7E from the USS America is armed with AGM-45 Shrike ARMs, in preparation of Operation El Dorado Canyon

With the phase-out of the F-105G, the US Air Force was in need of a new SEAD-dedicated aircraft This effort was given more urgency in 1973 when, during the Yom Kippur War, Egypt employed a Soviet-built IADS that severely mauled the Israeli Air Force. After a series of tests, the new F-4G 'Wild Weasel V' first took flight in 1975 and became operational in 1978. Built on the F-4E airframe, the F-4G removed the M61 Vulcan pod to make room for specialized detection and jamming equipment and could carry the latest anti-radiation missile, the AGM-88 HARM.[18][21] The F-4G Wild Weasel was then joined by EF-111A Raven and EC-130H Compass Call to become part of the USAF's "triad" of electronic combat aircraft. Each aircraft performed its own role in the overall mission of SEAD: the F-4G with seeking out and destroying enemy air defenses, the EC-130 with degrading the enemy's C3 capabilities, and the EF-111A with jamming enemy early-warning and target-acquisition radars. Additional aircraft often part of SEAD missions included the E-3 Sentry, EC-130E Commando Solo and RC/EC-135.[22]

On the other hand, the Soviets did not treat SEAD as an independent air operation but as a tactical role to be performed as part of a larger mission, namely an overwhelming air assault against NATO. This role was not carried out by SEAD-specific aircraft but normal bombers and fighter aircraft, such as the Tupolev Tu-16 and Tupolev Tu-22M, which could carry Soviet anti-radiation missiles. These aircraft would be organized into several strike groups whose mission was to lay down "chaff corridors" 40–50 kilometers across at intervals of 10 kilometers, including directly on top of suspected SAM sites. A small number of aircraft in these groups would be equipped with ARMs to physically destroy the sites. These missions were conducted against pre-planned targets which had been previously identified by signals intelligence and other reconnaissance efforts, rather than having aircraft seek out targets of opportunity. The closest the Soviets came to dedicated SEAD platforms were modified stand-off interceptors like the Mikoyan MiG-25BM and attack aircraft like the Sukhoi Su-24M.[23]

The first example of a post-Vietnam SEAD campaign was by the United Kingdom during the 1982 Falklands War. The RAF Avro Vulcan B.Mk-2 was initially planned to be retired in early 1982 but the outbreak of the Falklands War, in April that year postponed it.[24] The Falklands conflict was the only time that the Vulcan performed SEAD missions, flying very long-range missions against Port Stanley, armed with AGM-45 Shrike missiles mounted on makeshift underwing pylons and carrying a AN/ALQ-101 pod for jamming.[25]

Shortly afterwards was Israel's Operation Mole Cricket 19, launched at the start of the 1982 Lebanon War. During the prior Yom Kippur War of 1973, Egyptian and Syrian SAM batteries proved to be costly to attack for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), such as during Operation Model 5; during the first three days of the war alone, the IAF lost 50 aircraft in about 1,220 sorties, a loss rate of four percent.[26] The IAF found it challenging to provide air support to ground forces. Shortly after the conflict's end, the service stated a multiyear project, active between 1973 and 1978, specifically to devise an effective counter to the SAM threat.[26] By 1982, the Bekaa Valley had been heavily reinforced by the Syrian Armed Forces with a modern Soviet-style air defense network consisting of multiple radar installations, GCI facilities, SAM and AAA sites, and a redundant C3 network. Prior to the start of the operation, Israel conducted an extensive intelligence-gathering effort, consisting of reconnaissance aircraft, remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) and electronic surveillance aircraft, to paint an expansive picture of where Syrian air defense sites were located and which radar frequencies they were using.[27][28]

Israel's attack on the SAMs was inadvertently assisted by the Syrians, who often placed their sites in sub-optimal positions and failed to relocate their equipment, use dummy radars or maintain active combat air patrol. When the operation began, efficient coordination of jamming/deception efforts with attacks against air defense sites effectively neutralized the ground component of the Bekaa Valley IADS. In response to the attacks, the Syrians launched a large number of fighter aircraft, however without the aid of their radar and GCI facilities, these forces were "flying blind" and suffered crippling losses in the resulting air-to-air combat. So complete and disturbing was the Israeli dismantling of the Bekaa Valley IADS that the deputy commander of the Soviet Air Defense Forces was sent to investigate what had gone wrong. Part of Israel's success was due to extensive reconnaissance and preparations prior to the battle, incompetence on the part of the Syrians, and desert conditions conducive to SEAD operations.[29][28]

Operation El Dorado Canyon, the United States' response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing, employed lessons learned from the Bekaa Valley campaign, including extensive planning and practice runs. In contrast to the Israeli mission though the goal of El Dorado Canyon was not the destruction of Libya's IADS itself but to conduct a punitive strike against Muammar Gaddafi.[30][31] Suppressing the IADS through non-lethal means would help accomplish this mission and, just as important after the Vietnam War, reduce casualties suffered by the strike group. For this reason, electronic jamming played a more prominent role in the operation than at Bekaa Valley and was carried out by both EF-111A Ravens and EA-6B Prowlers in the first ever joint US Air Force-Navy SEAD operation. For several reasons, F-4G Wild Weasels could not take part in El Dorado Canyon, requiring the use of the Navy's carrier-borne A-7E Corsair IIs and F/A-18 Hornets to attack Libyan SAM sites. Their lack of the Wild Weasel's specialized equipment required these fighters to fire their HARMs preemptively at Libyan SAM sites, a costly and wasteful method which nevertheless was effective due to the limited nature of the raid. For their part, the Libyans and their Soviet advisers had also learned lessons from the Bekaa Valley campaign: their IADS was constructed with multiple redundancies (including overlapping radar coverage and hardened landlines between defense sites) and a wider array of both Soviet and Western radar systems able to operate on multiple frequencies to avoid jamming. In the end, US forces succeeded in suppressing the Libyan IADS and conducted their punitive strike with minimal casualties suffered.[32][33]


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

حرب الخليج

The F-4G Wild Weasel played a major role during the war.

Coalition forces made extensive use of SEAD during the Gulf War against Iraq in order to counter its – at least on paper – formidable IADS. By 1990 Iraq was protected by approximately 3,700 SAMs, organized into 105 firing batteries, and approximately 7,000 AAA pieces, supported by hundreds of overlapping early warning, search and acquisition radars. In the air the Iraq Air Force was the sixth largest in the world, including hundreds of interceptors which were housed and protected within hardened bunkers. At the center of the Iraqi IADS was Kari, an automated C2 system developed by Iraq and built by French contractors in the wake of Operation Opera (Kari in turn is the French spelling of Iraq backwards). Kari tied the entire IADS to a single location, the national Air Defense Operations Center (ADOC) located in an underground bunker in Baghdad, and in turn divided the country into four defense sectors each overseen by a Sector Operations Center (SOC) located at H-3, Kirkuk, Taji and Talil; a fifth SOC was added at Ali Al Salem to cover the recently conquered Kuwait. Each SOC oversaw the local airspace and commanded anywhere from two to five Intercept Operations Centers (IOCs) per sector. The IOCs were located in bunkers constructed at Iraqi Air Force bases and tied into local radar systems, whose information they could pass on to their SOC and thence on to Baghdad. In this way a SOC was capable of simultaneously tracking 120 aircraft and selecting for the appropriate weapon system to engage them. The SOC could automatically target for SA-2 and SA-3 SAM systems in their sector, which meant the SAMs did not have to turn on their own radar and reveal their position, or an IOC could direct local interceptors to engage the targets. Baghdad itself was one of the most heavily defended cities in the world – more heavily defended several times over than Hanoi during the Vietnam War – protected by 65% of Iraq's SAMs and over half of its AAA pieces.[34][35]

However, the Iraqi IADS had several fatal flaws of which Coalition air forces were able to take advantage. The system was primarily oriented towards defending against much smaller attacks from Iraq's most likely enemies – Iran, Syria and Israel – and focused on point defense rather than area defense. This meant there were significant gaps in its coverage, particularly on the orientation from Saudi Arabia straight to Baghdad, and attacking aircraft would be able to approach their target from multiple directions. Much of the Iraqi air defense equipment was also quite outdated: Iraqi SA-2 and SA-3 systems were nearing the end of their operational lifespan and their countermeasures well known at this point, while what SA-6, SA-8 and Roland systems they possessed weren't much younger either. Likewise a majority of Iraq's interceptor force were less-capable MiG-21s, with fewer more modern variants including export versions of the MiG-29 and F1 Mirage. Furthermore, the IADS was centralized to a fault. Although each IOC was datalinked to their respective SOC and in turn back to the ADOC, the defense sectors couldn't share information between each other. If a SOC was knocked out of action the attached air defense weapons lost all ability to coordinate their response; its respective SAM batteries would be forced to rely on their own radar systems while most AAA guns lacked any radar guidance. Training was also poor, with Iraqi pilots overly reliant on ground-control instructions such that if the IOCs were disabled they lost situation awareness and became easy targets.[34][35]

An F-117A Nighthawk flying over the Persian Gulf.

Suppression of the Iraqi IADS played a prominent role in Operation Instant Thunder, the preliminary air campaign plan against Iraq which served as the basis for Operation Desert Storm's air campaign. In its initial limited form, Instant Thunder called for three dedicated SEAD squadrons which would significantly degrade the IADS enough to allow decimating strikes against Iraq's military and political leadership and other strategic targets.[36] This role for SEAD was further expanded as the mission grew in scope, involving a larger number of aircraft to completely destroy the air defenses protecting southern Iraq and Kuwait.[37] Planning for this mission was helped when the CIA contacted the French engineer responsible for designing the Kari IADS and passed along information about its vulnerabilities and limitations.[38] In its final form, Phase II of the Desert Storm air campaign sought to decimate the southern Iraqi IADS within two days of the start of hostilities. F-4G Wild Weasels and other aircraft capable of carrying HARM missiles would destroy air defense sites themselves, electronic warfare aircraft would disrupt radars and other systems, and additional targets would be struck in order to support this mission, such as temporarily knocking out Iraq's electrical infrastructure.[38][39] In addition to traditional SEAD systems the Persian Gulf War would also see the use of unconventional assets in knocking out Iraq's air defenses, in particular cruise missiles and F-117A Nighthawks, which would be used to attack sensitive targets.[40]

The opening shots of Operation Desert Storm were fired on January 17 in pursuit of defense-suppression: at 2:20AM local time Task Force Normandy, a group of twelve American helicopters, infiltrated into Iraq with the goal of destroying two early-warning radar sites. Three MH-53J Pave Lows guided nine AH-64 Apaches to the targets, which the gunships destroyed, opening a hole in the Iraqi IADS for the initial wave of aircraft to exploit. Two F-117As knocked out the Nukhayb IOC, further widening the gap, although their next attack against the H-3 SOC was unsuccessful. Among the first targets hit by F-117As attacking into Baghdad, bombs damaged the Al Taqaddum IOC and Talil SOC, shortly followed by Tomahawk strikes that disabled the electrical grid upon which Kari depended; reportedly some used special warheads filled with carbon fiber bundles to short-circuit the network. For the next several hours dozens of Coalition aircraft poured into Iraq. Those which weren't specifically directed to suppress air defenses had significant SEAD escort, including the use of BQM-74 drones and ADM-141 TALD decoys which would both "take the hit" for the manned airplanes and cause the Iraqis to reveal their position when they tracked or fired upon the lure. The first night's largest sortie was a joint US Air Force-Navy SEAD mission consisting of fifty aircraft designed to look like a bombing raid on Baghdad but which instead were fitted out with decoys, drones and HARMs to destroy air defenses protecting the city. With Kari degraded due to the disabling of the civilian electrical grid the Iraqi SAMs were forced to use their organic radar, producing what one pilot called "HARM Heaven". A total of 67 HARMs were fired over the course of twenty minutes, causing a significant reduction in Iraqi air defenses around the capital based on follow-up missions.[41]

Throughout the rest of the first night additional air-defense targets were hit by Coalition aircraft with varying levels of success while strikes against other targets consisted of a high ratio of SEAD and escort to strike aircraft. This pace of attack against air-defense and other targets continued into the first day, involving a variety of different aircraft, and spread to targets in Kuwait. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs were used to attack early-warning radars and similar sites along the border in operations known humorously as "Wart Weaseling" (a play on the Wild Weasel and the A-10 "Warthog" nicknames).[42] Unable to use Kari and fearful of turning their own radars on, Iraqi SAM operators resorted to firing their missiles with minimal or no guidance. Furthermore, units of the Iraqi Army – even the elite Republican Guard – possessed inadequate SAM defenses by NATO or Soviet standards. This allowed Coalition aircraft to attack them from the relative safety of higher altitudes.[43]

An Iraqi radar site destroyed by the French 6th Light Armoured Division during Operation Desert Storm.

By the end of the first forty-eight hours of Desert Storm, the Coalition had achieved its goal of significantly degrading Kari, including the destruction of all air defenses in the south. Although the Iraqis would replace most destroyed radars and bring back many IOCs and SOCs to at least partial operation, this was done so in an unorganized manner, with the Coalition continuing to bomb any reactivated sites.[44] In effect, combined with the failure of Iraq's air force to defend its airspace, the Coalition had gained air supremacy in the skies over Iraq from nearly the outset of the conflict.[44]

Coalition aircraft conducting strategic bombing and interdiction inside Iraq were now free to operate at medium altitudes of 10,000 ft (3,000 m) and higher with no danger of SAM activity. This also put them beyond the effective range of most of Iraq's AAA pieces, which remained a threat.[45] Baghdad's heavy AAA defenses also continued to make it a difficult target to attack, as Coalition forces found out during an attempted strike on January 19 against the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. A variety factors, including the threat of AAA and ballistic SAMs, resulted in the strike's failure and loss of two aircraft.[46]

By January 27, no C3 activity was detected at the SOC level by Coalition forces, and only limited activity at the IOC level. At the end of the conflict, the DIA estimated Kari was operating at 25% its original capacity, and that it would take at least ten years to rebuild the system and another five to retrain the personnel needed to operate it. In total, the SEAD campaign by the Coalition was an unequivocal success, allowing Coalition aircraft to fly at medium and high altitudes over Kuwait and Iraq with impunity. The only losses Coalition aircraft suffered to Iraqi air defenses after the first two days occurred when they operated at low altitudes, primarily conducting close air support or other missions to assist ground forces.[47]

عملية قوة الحلفاء

المقالة الرئيسية: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia § Air Defence Suppression Operations
Post-strike bomb damage assessment of a SAM site in Kragujevac, Serbia

The bombing campaign of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during mid-1999, dubbed Operation Allied Force, was an overall success for NATO forces, but the mission to suppress Yugoslav air defenses proved to be more difficult than prior operations during the Gulf War. SEAD operations for NATO were principally carried out by the US Air Force, with fifty F-16CJ Block 50 Fighting Falcons, and the US Navy and Marines, with 30 EA-6B Prowlers; additional support was provided by Italian and German Tornado ECRs, a purpose-developed SEAD model.[48] Many NATO aircraft were furnished with new towed decoys designed to lure away any missiles fired at them, and reportedly for the first time cyberwarfare was used to target Yugoslav air defense computer systems.[49]

However, a number of deficiencies in NATO's SEAD operations were revealed during the course of the bombing campaign. The US Air Force had allowed its electronic warfare branch to atrophy in the years after the Gulf War, resulting in greater response times to engaging a SAM threat.[50] Airspace restrictions and rules of engagement limited where NATO aircraft could fly and what targets they could hit, leaving some air defense systems untouched.[48][51] Kosovo's mountainous terrain also made it difficult for NATO to locate and target Yugoslav air defenses, while at the same time the region's poor infrastructure limited where Yugoslav SAM and AAA sites could be placed.[52] Furthermore, according to a post-conflict US intelligence report, Yugoslavia had a spy in NATO's headquarters in Brussels who in the early part of the conflict leaked flight plans and target details to the Yugoslav military, allowing Yugoslav military assets to be relocated to avoid detection; NATO responded by limiting the number of people with access to its plans, which appeared to be successful.[53]

Yugoslavia had a much smaller IADS than Iraq during the Gulf War, but took greater steps at preserving it from NATO's bombing campaign. The Yugoslav integrated air defence system (IADS) was extensive, including underground command sites and buried landlines, which allowed for information to be shared between systems; thus, active radar in one area could target NATO aircraft for SAMs and AAA in another area with no active radar, further limiting NATO's ability to target air defences.[54] By focusing on its operational survival, Yugoslav air defenses ceded a certain amount of air superiority to NATO forces. Yet the persistence of their credible SAM threat forced NATO to allocate greater resources to continued SEAD operations rather than conducting other missions, while Yugoslav AAA and MANPADS forced NATO aircraft to fly at 15,000 ft (4,600 m) or higher. NATO reportedly fired 743 HARMs during the course of the 78-day campaign, but could confirm the destruction of only 3 of the original 25 SA-6 batteries. At the same time, over 800 SAMs were fired by Yugoslav forces at NATO aircraft, including 477 SA-6s and 124 confirmed MANPADS, for the downing of only two aircraft and several more damaged. That one of the two aircraft shot down was an F-117A Nighthawk marked the first combat loss ever of a stealth aircraft and typified some of the issues NATO faced during the campaign.[49][55]


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

الغزو الأمريكي للعراق عام 2003

المقالة الرئيسية: 2003 invasion of Iraq
Tornado GR4 ZA557 of No. XV (Reserve) Squadron in flight over Iraq during Operation Telic, August 2004

At the onset of the Iraq War, Iraq's IADS was a fraction of what it had been during the Gulf War, though it was still one of the densest defense networks in the world. Over 200 SAM systems were still operational, mainly the older SA-2s, SA-3s and SA-6s, along with over 2,000 MANPADS and large numbers of AA guns. Improvements had been made to Kari, including greater usage of fiber optic cables, and more advanced equipment such as GPS guidance jammers were acquired. In addition to the ADOC and four original SOCs, a fifth SOC was created in Baghdad and specifically assigned to defend Saddam's palaces, the Republican Guards, and key security facilities.[56]

Still, the defense network was relatively outdated and thus unable to seriously challenge the Coalition's dominance of Iraqi airspace, which had not only succeeded in suppressing Iraqi defenses during the Gulf War but continued to do so during the enforcement of Iraqi no-fly zones.[57][58] Starting on March 1st, aggressive "enforcement" of the no-fly zones accounted for the destruction of as many as a third of Iraq's missile launchers and radars by the time the invasion commenced on March 20th.[56][59] Numerous aircraft, such as the Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber, penetrated Iraqi airspace to conduct bombing raids during the opening phase of the conflict, striking at Iraqi installations.[60]

During the course of the invasion, there were 1,660 reports of SAM launches and similar numbers of AAA firings, for the loss of very few aircraft. While Iraq largely failed to shoot down many Coalition aircraft, the sheer numbers of their air defenses still made them dangerous until the final stages of the invasion. This was true in particular for its large number of short-range missile and AAA weapons, which made low-altitude missions deadly and were harder to suppress. Where possible, Coalition forces conducted stand-off strikes from outside the range of these defenses.[56] The unsuccessful 2003 attack on Karbala exemplifies the dangers faced by aircraft operating at low altitudes around air defenses.[61][62]

الغزو الروسي لأوكرانيا عام 2022

المقالة الرئيسية: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
А Russian Su-34 shot down over Chernihiv

Many Ukrainian air defence facilities were reportedly destroyed or damaged in the first days of the invasion by Russian air strikes.[63] On 5 March 2022, the Russian Air Force (VVS) declared that it had achieved air superiority, 11 days after the beginning of the invasion,[64]:minute 17:35 but not air supremacy.[65][أ] However, that same day, Russia lost at least ten aircraft.[68] On 11 March 2022, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General David Deptula stated in The New York Times that the Russian Air Force had not achieved air superiority, noting that supposedly vulnerable Ukrainian drones had continued to operate against Russian forces.[69]

While several early air strikes on Yavoriv in Western Ukraine were performed by Russian bombers, their munitions were firing from a distance while flying within Russian air space, rather than entering Ukrainian air space; on 13 March 2022, dozens of air-launched cruise missiles were launched from within Russia to reach Western Ukraine, because it was allegedly too dangerous for the Russian Air Force to fly over Ukrainian space due to Ukrainian air defenses.[70][71]:7:00 Ukrainian mid-range SAM sites forced planes to fly low, making them vulnerable to Stinger and other shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles, while a lack of training and flight hours for Russian pilots allegedly rendered them inexperienced for the type of close ground support missions typical of modern air forces.[72] On 18 May 2022, near Izyum, a Russian Zhitel electronic warfare apparatus was detected, located, and disabled by Ukraine's ground and air forces.[73]


On 30 August 2022, Command of Ukrainian Air Force (KpsZSU) released a video of its MiG-29 jets firing AGM-88 HARM missiles against Russian air defenses,[74][75] one day after an alleged attack on Russian radar site for S-400 SAM batteries near Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea.[76] Earlier in the Summer, multiple Russian SAM batteries has been hit and the remains of AGM-88 missiles had been found on site.[77][78] The U.S. government acknowledged the previously undisclosed transfer of AGM-88 missiles to Ukraine on August 8.[79]

There are also suspicions of M31A1 GMRLS guided rockets firing from M142 HIMARS rocket artillery been used by Ukrainian military against Russian air defense systems.[80]

أسلحة

A mock-up of the AGM-88E AARGM

The weapons most often associated with this mission are anti-radiation missiles (ARMs), which work by homing in on radio emission sources like radar antennae. These missiles are equipped with relatively small warheads, limiting collateral damage, but can easily destroy radar antennae and thus cripple an enemy's air defense system. Early examples of ARMs could be fooled by turning off the radar system, which would cease emitting radiation for the missile to track; more recent missiles are fitted with fire-control systems which "remember" where the source was and continue towards that location.[81] Anti-radiation missiles proved particularly effective during the Vietnam War where, despite the small number carried relative to other munitions, they accounted for 46% of all SA-2 batteries destroyed.[82][83]

However, a weapon need not be designed specifically for SEAD missions to be used to damage or destroy a component of an air defense system. A Paveway LGB for example is not a SEAD-specific munition, but when used to destroy a radar antenna it still achieves the desired effect. The American AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon is a valuable SEAD weapon due to its fairly long standoff range which allows the launching aircraft to avoid being threatened by all but the longest-range missiles, and its relatively large area of destruction against lightly armored targets.[1][84]

Possibly the most effective type of unguided ("dumb") weapon used during SEAD strikes are cluster bombs. This is due to the fact many SAM sites are dispersed over a fairly wide area (in order to increase the difficulty of inflicting serious damage on the battery) and the relative "softness" of the targets (unarmored missile launchers, exposed radar antennas, etc.). The Mk-20 Rockeye II anti-armor cluster munition and the CBU-87 general-purpose cluster munition are typical examples of these types of weapons.[85][86]

Artillery is also used to conduct SEAD missions. After World War II, the combined arms nature of warfare meant an increased role in ground forces performing SEAD missions in support of air operations. During the Cold War the American military developed a joint definition of SEAD responsibilities, with the Army responsible for all SEAD missions within the range of observable fire and the Air Force for all missions further away. The Soviet Union placed less emphasis on using artillery to conduct SEAD missions, although where possible artillery would be used to clear a path for attack helicopters. Because of their superior range, rocket artillery such as MLRS are the ideal weapon for conducting SEAD operations.[87][88]

Loitering Munitions and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) play an increasingly vital role in conducting SEAD missions. Due to the dangerous nature of attacking air defenses, the use of UAVs can provide a more cost-effective and less risky method of conducting SEAD. This is especially true since the pilot is not directly at risk and so a commander may be more willing to sacrifice UAVs to accomplish the mission.[89] The first UAVs used in the SEAD role occurred during the Vietnam War, when versions of the Lightning Bug were adapted to carry chaff and other electronic countermeasures.[90] Modern examples of SEAD-specific loitering munitions include the IAI Harpy which loiters over areas with potential SAM activity, searches for SAM activity, and then crashes (with in-built warhead) into the target.

حسب البلد

German Luftwaffe Tornado ECR

اعتبارا من 2019, the main United States Air Force (USAF) SEAD aircraft is the F-16CJ Fighting Falcon following the retirement of the EF-111A Raven; while the United States Navy (USN) replaced the EA-6B Prowler with the Boeing EA-18G Growler. The Air Force and Navy in recent decades have emphasized multirole aircraft over dedicated single-role designs with aircraft such as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-15E Strike Eagle capable of carrying the AGM-88 HARM and fulfilling the SEAD mission. The use of so-called "dumb planes" which lack the dedicated detection equipment of a true Wild Weasel is supposedly offset by their ability to carry a "smart missile" as well as perform a variety of missions besides SEAD, with a lower operating cost.[91] However, there is concern that such platforms are less effective for this role because of the lack of specialized equipment, forcing them to employ expensive anti-radiation missiles in a less accurate and cost-effective manner.[92][93] The advent of Fifth-generation fighters has seen somewhat of a return to dedicated role aircraft: while the F-22 Raptor is capable of carrying ground ordnance, the aircraft's primary mission is air superiority unlike the more balanced profile of the F-16 and F/A-18. The F-35 Lightning II is intended to fulfill the ground strike mission.

In European NATO air forces, the SEAD mission falls mostly to German Air Force Tornado Electronic Combat and Reconnaissance variant (ECR), and Aeronautica Militare (AMI) Tornado ECRs. Tornado ECRs employ the AGM-88 HARM missile in this role. Some modern SEAD aircraft are modified to equip some level of offensive jamming equipment to aid in the suppression of hostile surface to air missile systems (SAMs). However, the vast majority of SEAD aircraft are only equipped with defensive jamming systems to aid in self-protection against hostile SAMs or fighter aircraft.

الملاحظات

  1. ^ "During Russia’s participation in the Syrian Civil War, only one of its aircraft, the Su-34 fighter-bomber, regularly used precision-guided munitions, Bronk explained, and even that aircraft often used unguided bombs and rockets."[66][67]

المصادر

  1. ^ أ ب Tucker, Spencer C. (Editor), The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts, ABC-CLIO, 2010, pp. 61–62.
  2. ^ Bolkcom, Christopher. "Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs." CRS Report for Congress, 2005, p. 5.
  3. ^ Brungess, James, Setting the Context – Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and Joint War Fighting in an Uncertain World, Air University Press, June 1994, p. 7.
  4. ^ Brungess, p. 55.
  5. ^ Hough, Richard Alexander and Denis Richards, The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1989, pp. 138–143, 220.
  6. ^ Hewitt, William A., Planting the Seeds of SEAD: The Wild Weasel in Vietnam, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University, May 1992, p. 5.
  7. ^ Hewitt, pp. 6–9.
  8. ^ Bailey, Johnathan B. A., Field Artillery and Firepower, Naval Institute Press, 2004, p. 76.
  9. ^ Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen, World War II: the Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941–1945, Courier Dover Publications, 2012, pp. 274–275
  10. ^ Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey, Air Combat Annals, Pacifica Military History, 2011.
  11. ^ Olsen, John Andreas, A History of Air Warfare, Potomac Books, Inc., 2010, p. 89.
  12. ^ Olsen, p. 92.
  13. ^ Olsen, pp. 98–100.
  14. ^ Brungess, p. 4–5
  15. ^ أ ب ت Brungess, pp. 6–8.
  16. ^ أ ب Davies, Peter, F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 'Guideline' SAM, Osprey Publishing, 2011, p. 71.
  17. ^ Hannah, Craig C., Striving for Air Superiority: The Tactical Air Command in Vietnam, Texas A&M University Press, 2002, pp. 85–86.
  18. ^ أ ب Davies, Peter, USAF McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Osprey Publishing, 2013, p. 17.
  19. ^ Brungess, pp. 8–9.
  20. ^ أ ب Brungess, pp. 9–11.
  21. ^ Davies, F-4 Phantom II, pp. 40–41.
  22. ^ Brungess, p. 104.
  23. ^ Pace, Phillip E., Detecting and Classifying Low Probability of Intercept Radar, Artech House, 2009, pp. 578–584.
  24. ^ Burden et al. 1986, p. 363.
  25. ^ Burden, Rodney A.; Draper, Michael A.; Rough, Douglas A.; Smith, Colin A.; Wilton, David (1986). Falklands: The Air War. Twickenham, UK: British Air Review Group. ISBN 0-906339-05-7. pp. 363, 365, 367.
  26. ^ أ ب Schlein, Lior; Noam Ophir. "Six Days in June". IAF Magazine (in العبرية). 145 (June 2002). Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  27. ^ Grant, Rebecca. "The Bekaa Valley War". Air Force Magazine Online. 85 (June 2002). Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2017.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  28. ^ أ ب Brungess, pp. 16–25.
  29. ^ Chun, Clayton K. S., Aerospace Power in the Twenty-First Century: A Basic Primer, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, pp. 243–250.
  30. ^ Weinraub, Bernard (15 April 1986). "U.S. Jets Hit 'Terrorist Centers' in Libya; Reagan Warns of New Attacks If Needed". The New York Times.
  31. ^ "1986 Year in Review: Strike on Qaddafi". UPI. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  32. ^ Brungess, pp. 25–34.
  33. ^ Parks, W. Hays (1986). "Crossing the Line". Proceedings. United States Naval Institute. 112 (11): 40–52.
  34. ^ أ ب Davis, Richard G., On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign Against Iraq, DIANE Publishing, 2002, p. 172–179
  35. ^ أ ب Knights, Michael, Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of Modern U.S. Military Power, Naval Institute Press, 2005, p. 25–27
  36. ^ Davis, p. 77–79
  37. ^ Davis, p. 105
  38. ^ أ ب Knights, p. 48–49
  39. ^ Davis, p. 157–158
  40. ^ Davis, p. 178
  41. ^ Davis, p. 182–190
  42. ^ Davis, p. 196
  43. ^ Davis, p.197
  44. ^ أ ب Davis, p. 217-218
  45. ^ Davis, p. 221-222
  46. ^ Davis, p. 249
  47. ^ Davis, p. 299-300
  48. ^ أ ب Lambeth, Dr. Benjamin S. "Kosovo and the Continuing SEAD Challenge." Air and Space Power Journal. Summer 2002. pp. 10-11.
  49. ^ أ ب Lambeth, p. 16.
  50. ^ Lambeth, p. 17.
  51. ^ Lambeth, p. 9.
  52. ^ Lambeth, p. 14.
  53. ^ Little, Alan; Norton-Taylor, Richard (9 March 2000). "Nato spy leaked bombing raid plans to the Serbs". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  54. ^ Lambeth, p. 15.
  55. ^ "Serb discusses 1999 downing of stealth". USA Today. 26 October 2005. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  56. ^ أ ب ت Cordesman, Anthony H. "The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons" CSIS, 2003. pp. 32-36.
  57. ^ Michael Smith, "RAF Bombing Raids Tried to Goad Saddam into War," Sunday Times, 29 May 2005.
  58. ^ Marshall, Andrew. "Iraq fires missiles at RAF Tornado." The Independent, 31 December 1998.
  59. ^ "The war before the war". News Statesman. 30 May 2005.
  60. ^ Payne, Stewart. "Missile alerts at Tornado base after bombing raids." The Telegraph, 21 March 2003.
  61. ^ Deadly Scourge of the US Helicopter Pilots in Iraq Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine by Colonel David Eshel
  62. ^ Schechter, Erik (13 June 2003). "Choppers on the Chopping Block?". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  63. ^ Beale, Jonathan (14 April 2022). "Ukraine's battle for control of its skies". BBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  64. ^ Deutsche Welle (5 March 2022) War in Ukraine: A week that shook the world
  65. ^ ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR (9 Mar 2022) Ukraine war at 2-week mark: Russians slowed but not stopped "Moscow’s main objective — toppling the Kyiv government and replacing it with Kremlin-friendly leadership — remains elusive, and its overall offensive has been slowed by an array of failings, including a lack of coordination between air and ground forces and an inability to fully dominate Ukraine’s skies."
  66. ^ David Roza (3 Mar 2022) Where is the Russian Air Force? Experts break down why they might be hiding "It is clear to us that Russia is losing aircraft and helicopters at a damaging rate." —Justin Bronk, RUSI
  67. ^ Not What You Think (Mar 11, 2022) Why Russia is INCAPABLE of Air Superiority in Ukraine DEAD=Destruction of enemy air defenses, SEAD=Suppression of enemy air defenses
  68. ^ Trevithick, Joseph. "The Russian Air Force Just Had A Terrible Day Over Ukraine". The Drive. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  69. ^ Dave Phillipps; Eric Schmitt (11 March 2022). "Over Ukraine, Lumbering Turkish-Made Drones Are an Ominous Sign for Russia". [The Russian Air Force's] failure to secure air superiority has been reflected by their slow and ponderous actions on the ground. Conversely, the Ukrainian air force performing better than expected has been a big boost to the morale of the entire country.
  70. ^ David Vergun (14 Mar 2022) Russians Pounding Ukraine Cities With Long-Range Fires, Says Official  From 24 February to 14 March 2022, Russia has launched more than 900 missiles at Ukraine.
  71. ^ David Martin, CBS news (14 Mar 2022) Where things stand for the Russian military in the war in Ukraine
  72. ^ "The curious case of Russia's missing air force". The Economist. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  73. ^ Mia Jankowicz (19 May 2022) Video shows Ukraine blowing up a sophisticated radar-jamming machine that Russia tried to hide R-330Zh Zhitel
  74. ^ "One of the 🇺🇦 pilots has made a footage of the MiG-29 fighter jets combat operations". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  75. ^ "The Ukrainian Air Force has released video showing for the first time ever US-supplied AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles being fired from their MiG-29 jets". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  76. ^ "Russian coastal radar site burning south of Sevastopol, Crimea". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  77. ^ "Apparently, the Ukrainian army may have received American AGM-88 anti-radar missiles - fragments were reportedly found at Russian positions". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  78. ^ "Another wrecks of the American AGM-88 HARM was found in Ukraine". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  79. ^ CNN, Oren Liebermann. "Pentagon acknowledges sending previously undisclosed anti-radar missiles to Ukraine". CNN. Retrieved 2022-08-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  80. ^ "A valuable Russian 48Ya6-K1 Podlet-K1 low-altitude S-band surveillance radar was destroyed by a Ukrainian rocket strike on Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast. It appears that M31A1 guided rockets were used". Twitter (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  81. ^ Tucker, Spencer C., pp. 115–116.
  82. ^ Zaloga, Steven J., Red SAM: The SA-2 Guideline Anti-Aircraft Missile, Osprey Publishing, 2011, p. 19.
  83. ^ Davis, Larry. "Warplane Classic: Republic F-105 Thunderchief". International Air Power Review, Volume 6, Autumn/Fall 2002, pp. 120–155. Norwalk, Connecticut, USA: AIRtime Publishing. ISBN 1-880588-46-3. ISSN 1473-9917. p. 135.
  84. ^ Raytheon JSOW Product Sheet Archived 20 أكتوبر 2006 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file)
  85. ^ Davies, Peter, F-105 vs SA-2, p. 27
  86. ^ Owen, Robert C., Deliberate Force: A Case Study in Effective Air Campaigning, Air University Press, 2000, p. 265.
  87. ^ Bailey, pp. 77–78.
  88. ^ The Multiple Launch Rocket System Archived 2018-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Warfare History Network. 30 October 2018.
  89. ^ Chun, pp. 295–296.
  90. ^ Newcome, Laurence R., Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astornautics 2004, pp. 83–86.
  91. ^ Brungess, p. 107–108
  92. ^ Navy Aviation: F/A-18E/F Will Provide Marginal Operational Improvement at High Cost, DIANE Publishing Company, 1997, pg. 93
  93. ^ Holmes, James Michael, The Counterair Companion Short Guide to Air Superiority for Joint Force Commanders, DIANE Publishing, 1995, p. 45–46

وصلات خارجية

Vietnam War
تمّ الاسترجاع من "https://www.marefa.org/w/index.php?title=إخماد_الدفاعات_الجوية_للعدو&oldid=2534335"