An integrated air defense system of the Kaliningrad region is in focus of the US European Command, develop a plan for its destruction. This publication reports Breaking Defense.
US forces continue to develop the concept of the so-called multidomain War. strategy, presented in 2016 year, It requires accurate and well-coordinated work of all branches of service. The objects of the new tactics may be the territory and the point, causing most of the Pentagon fears.
If we need to destroy, eg, Kaliningrad integrated air defense system, Let no one have any doubt, that we have a plan for this. We are always on the lookout for solutions, learn, We think through new ways. And the right moment we will be ready.
– said Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigan, Commander of US Air Forces in Europe, Conference on Air, Space & Cyber (ASC) Air Force Association.
Harrigan notes, that Kaliningrad is in reference to the United States as an enclave, from the territory which Moscow can attack neighboring countries. He claims, that if the "aggression" of Russia from this strategically located points would require the US response, "He will Multidomains, timely and effective ".
The publication examines the Russian missile defense and air defense, as well as the division missile strike, located in the Kaliningrad region, as a force, capable threaten substantial part NATO, It is forcing the US Air Force, in particular, learn different ways to protect their bases and Avias.
In its turn, Russian launchers are also within reach of NATO warships in the Baltic Sea and NATO artillery installations on shore: and, potentially, They are in the reach of NATO tanks.
The attack on Kaliningrad will Multidomains
General did not provide detailed possible plan of attack. However, it is clear that the mission, previously regarded as purely air operation, based on the mixed and coordinated actions of various arms.
In the same time, US is not yet ready for war multidomain. celebrated, that the previous job was Harrigan Central Command Air Forces, where he served as commander of the air force in the Middle East: it was there for the first time the Pentagon tried to coordinate their disparate units canon multidomain operations.
The problem is, that one such operation takes days, weeks or even months of hard training, as it takes to put together different units, doctrine and judicial authorities. military note, it is too slow for the big war against this enemy as Russia or China. The Pentagon is now considering ways, how to fix this situation, especially in the context of NATO.
