Estimating Aircraft Needed for Effective SAM Suppression

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10

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35

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6

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10

Aircraft

Needed

Baseline strike sorties

HARM Shooters = 1 sortie per 4 strike sorties

Jammer Aircraft = 1 per 16 strike sorties

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5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

0

2

4

6

8

10

Number of SA-10/12 Units

Aircraft

Needed

Bomber/JASSM

Strike Aircraft

HARM Shooters

Jammers

2 x 2K JDAM per Sortie
5 Days to suppress SA-10s

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