GBAD - The return of 'FOBS'

[Kirkhill]

Alert is a massive target, with zero support close by. In reality, I suspect Alert will be abandoned and flipped to "auto" as soon as a realistic threat in the arctic shows up.

Have you ever even been to Alert in peace time to see how remote it actually is? It's about as remote as anyone can get in the northern hemisphere... You don't plan to fight from your remote listening posts.

Why wouldn't you if it gained you an extra extra thousand or so kilometers of range?

The Ukrainians were all about artillery raids in 2022. Pushing their guns as far forward as possoble for a shoot and scoot. And the USMC is practising artillery raids with C130s delivering HIMARS trucks to Pacific islands (with no infrastructure) to launch PrSMs and then flying out immediately.

What could be done with C130s and HIMARS at Thule?.

 

[Furniture]

Why wouldn't you if it gained you an extra extra thousand or so kilometers of range?

Because you can do that more effectively with ships, subs, and aircraft.

The Ukrainians were all about artillery raids in 2022. Pushing their guns as far forward as possoble for a shoot and scoot.

That's comparing apples to Mac Books...

And the USMC is practising artillery raids with C130s delivering HIMARS trucks to Pacific islands (with no infrastructure) to launch PrSMs and then flying out immediately.

You know the distances involved are much shorter, and they intend to use locations that aren't clearly marked on Google Maps... There is also the small matter of the climates being entirely different. How many days below zero do those islands see? How many days of fog do they get in a year? How many days of 3-5 hundred foot ceilings with light snow/mist/ice crystals do they get? I highlight days, because those sorts of events can last for several days in a row, meaning your far away help is completely unable to come help.

I can tell you that due to the location of the islands the USMC is concerned with, the ocean currents mean they see little fog, and most severe/limiting weather is convective and relatively predictable. Even Typhoons generally give lots of advanced warning, so you can move your forces to places that they can both fight, and receive help.

 

[Kirkhill]

I'll stop chasing. We disagree.