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There are serious logistic challenges with large-scale fait accompli operations in the Baltics. Small scale fait accompli operations are feasible with small forces without a logistical challenge but on a large scale are far more challenging. Fait accompli requires Russian forces to overrun Baltic states and eliminate all resistance in less than 96 hours — before NATO’s Very High Readiness Task Force can reinforce the defenders. This force won’t stop a Russian attack, but it commits NATO to a land war, negating the very purpose of fait accompli.

Logistics are the key stumbling block in the fait accompli timeline. The railroad is wide gauge and usable, but the timeline is too short for captured railheads to be put back into operation. A dozen NATO air-launched cruise missiles fired over Germany can destroy key rail bridges at Narva, Pskov, and Velikie Lugi, shutting down rail traffic into the Baltics for days until those bridges are repaired. Logistic planners in Russian Western Command have to plan for a scenario in which Baltic states choose to fight a battle in their capital. Historically, urban combat consumes massive amounts of ammunition and takes months to conclude. During the two most prominent examples, the battles of Grozny in the Chechen wars and the Battle of Mosul in 2016, defenders tied down four to 10 times their numbers for up to four months. At Grozny, Russians were firing up to 4,000 shells a day — that’s 50 trucks a day.

Even in a Baltic scenario, Russian planners have to consider the risk that Poland, which can muster four divisions, will launch an immediate counter-attack, trying to catch the Russian army off-balance. The Russian army would have large forces tied to sieges of Tallinn and Riga while fending off a Polish counter-attack from the south. The ammunition consumption would be massive. During the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, some Russian forces expended an entire basic load of ammunition in 12 hours. Assuming the same rates, the Russians would have to replace substantial amounts of ammunition every 12 to 24 hours.

laikar kirjutas:Northrop Grumman hakkab tarnima Balti riike õhutõrje juhtimissüsteeme.
https://www.sargs.lv/lv/tehnika-un-ekipejums/2021-12-14/northrop-grumman-baltijas-valstim-piegadas-pretgaisa-aizsardzibas
USA kaitsegigant Northrop Grumman Corporation sai USA armee väljakuulutatud hankel õiguse tarnida õhutõrje juhtimis- ja juhtimisseadmeid (FAAD C2) ja varustust Lätile, Leedule ja Eestile, teatas ettevõte meediale.

USA armee sõlmib 14,3 miljoni dollari suuruse lepingu Northrop Grumman Corporationi toodetud seadmete ostmiseks. Selle eesmärk on toetada USA relvajõudude juhtimist Euroopas, integreerides Balti õhutõrjesüsteemi USA relvajõudude väejuhatuse Euroopas välja töötatud ühisesse õhu- ja raketitõrjesüsteemi, tugevdades ühtlasi NATO õhutõrjearhitektuuri.

MISSION
Collects, processes, and disseminates real-time target tracking and cuing information to all short-range air defense weapons and provides command and control (C2) for the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) System-of-Systems (SoS).

FORWARD AREA AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL SOFTWARE PROVIDES CRITICAL SITUATIONAL awareness (SA), and automated air track information by integrating
engagement operations software for multiple systems, including:
AVENGER
SENTINEL
ARMY-MSSION-COMMAND
C-RAM SoS

Mis on see positiivne asi mis kõik need üles kaalub? See, et Putin jäädvustab end kindlalt ajalooraamatutesse türannide kõrvale?

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