dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 30 augusti 2023 17:06
Inom parentes kan nämnas att The WarZone i en tidigare artikel spekulerar i om inte ovanstående blir USA:s bidrag till F-16-planens beväpning med kryssningsmissiler eftersom den tyngre AGM-158 JASSM skulle behövas vid en eventuell konfrontation med den kinesiska kommunistdiktaturen. USA saknar en direkt motsvarighet till Storm Shadow/SCALP EG eller KEPD-350 Taurus.
JASSM Stealth Cruise Missiles Now On The Table For Ukraine: Report
The War Zone skrev:The United States is reportedly “open” to providing Ukraine with the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile or JASSM, to arm its newly arrived F-16s, and which would provide a very powerful new long-range strike capability. The reports from Washington come around six months after Ukrainian officials stated that the country would receive an undisclosed type of air-launched cruise missile with a range of up to 300 miles for its F-16s.
Citing an unnamed official in the Biden administration, as well as two other people “familiar with internal deliberations,” Politico reported today that the U.S. government is considering whether to approve JASSM for Ukraine, but is open to the idea. Furthermore, the same sources confirm that the Pentagon is already working on how to integrate these missiles on Ukraine’s F-16s, which are upgraded older-model jets drawn from European NATO stocks.
The jets being supplied to Ukraine are to the F-16AM/BM standard, which has undergone the Mid-Life Update (MLU) program, although none of these currently employ JASSM. The only F-16 operators that today use the missile are the U.S. Air Force and Poland, operating more modern versions of the aircraft. It is likely the case that the MLU jets can accept the software needed to use JASSM, or already have it, but this may require activation or some associated hardware tweaks, which would probably be limited.
Skribentens källa ansåg sig veta bäst själv, men tvingas nu göra en kovändning. Här är en som faktiskt
vet bättre:
John Ridge skrev:The USAF likely intends to increase the JASSM Inventory Objective from 7,200 to 20,000+ All-Up Rounds over the next decade as AGM-158D is cut into production and AGM-158A AURs expire.
This also supports expansion of the USAF/USN LRASM Inventory Objective beyond 1,215 AURs.
Achieving greater facilitization for JASSM/LRASM of course benefits Ukraine should they become an operator. But there are also broader acquisition forces at play as well.
Produktionen av attackmissilen JASSM skalas upp. Då duger inte Kina som ursäkt. Samma sak gäller
jaktmissiler:
John Ridge skrev:Because people keep asking about air-to-air missiles for F-16, Ukraine is confirmed to have received:
- AIM-9L (likely for Fulcrum/Flanker)
- AIM-9M (FrankenSAM)
- AIM-9X Block II (NASAMS 3)
- AIM-120B (NASAMS 2/3)
- AIM-120C8 (to be delivered this year by Raytheon from Lot 36)
Lot 36 is entirely composed of C8 and D3. Ukraine is not approved for D3, so that means C8.
Though not confirmed, it is likely the U.S. will provide early -120Cs from stock as -120B stock is exhausted. Various allies may have already provided assorted -120Cs from their stocks
Däremot får Ukraina inte använda attackmissiler mot ryskt territorium -
inte ens från andra länder än USA:
John Ridge skrev:I've been hinting at this for quite awhile.
Since February 2022, the United States has directly and explicitly threatened to terminate all security assistance to Ukraine if they employ U.S.-provided weapons or weapons provided by other allies against targets in Russia.
UK bekräftade precis att Storm Shadow inte får användas utanför Ukrainas gränser, och Scholz är livrädd för bron. Vem behöver fiender med sådana vänner?
Russian strategic bomber crashes in Siberia, killing one crew member
Reuters skrev:A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region in Russia's Siberia due to a technical malfunction, killing one person out of a crew of four, regional governor Igor Kobzev said on Thursday, citing the Defence Ministry.
Ja, ryssarna undrar säkert samma sak...