Primarchx -> RE: Real world, not one Tomahawk shot down by Syria (4/19/2017 10:00:13 PM)
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missiles themselves would follow just a few select paths into the city Do you know if that was a hardware or software limitation of the older missiles or were they limited due to Airspace restrictions and coordination measures. The airspace was pretty crowded and the TLAM shares the same altitude band with Helicopters and probably Harriers - and there were a few of them used as well I think [;)] B See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-116/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-116.pdf quote:
Tomahawk was not responsive to the tactical commander’s needs, since route selections were limited, mission planning times were lengthy, and its arrival with tactical aircraft was difficult to coordinate accurately. quote:
The limited number of routes used by Tomahawks to approach Iraqi targets and the tactics employed to ensure coordination with tactical aircraft missions may have contributed to missile losses. Because the usable routes into Iraq were so limited, multiple Tomahawks were launched along the same route. Thus, Iraqi gunners might have come to expect that, once a Tomahawk was sighted, others would soon follow along the same path. As a result, it would have been much easier to identify and engage the missiles that followed. According to a CNA study, the success rate for Tomahawks fired within the first 2 days of the air war was much higher than for those fired later, indicating that the Iraqi gunners might have become accustomed to seeing the missiles using certain routes and flying in stream raids.
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