Nice try, but you were discussing range shooting, I discussed hitting ACTUAL moving targets, and GF did likewise.

dont forget for added realism, he dresses up in a 50 pounds rucksack , 4 grenades , a military suite , a knife , a kevlar jacket , an helmet , a water bottle and whatever he likes to take , walk , run , walk and run for 20 miles in rough grounds

before he takes his 150m long shot at the gaz bottle

 

i wonder if he deploys range, wind, temp and air pressure sensors before hand ?

I wander what is the reason behind the F-22 presence at Al-Dhafra Air Warfare Center .

 

The USAF said : "The exercises are designed to promote security, stability and mutual interests in the region"

A French paper recently quoted : "The Americans remain relatively reserved on the engagement of this plane, of which they really make a point of dissimulating the true performances and the radar signature" .

 

The USA usually invite foreign fighters and the F-22 is rarely seen . Why Al-Dhafra ?

Is it to say "Hello" to Iran ? Is it to "impress" the UAE with the stealth factor (F-35 market ?) ?

There is also the "Ally" factor . Flying alongside Typhoons and Rafales could happen one of these days , but flying against them is highly unlikely .

This is probably why the Aggressors were excellent 4th Gen fighters (-5F and -9) to simulate a decent opponent . Iran don 't have fighters this good and it could have been an eye opener for some Iranians .

 

What do you think ?

 

Cheers .

I think all of the above are valid observations.  The F-22 pilots and crews need to practice deploying overseas, so they did.

 

 

 

 

Warpig :

""I think all of the above are valid observations.""

 

The UAE would sit it out and cheer us on from their Officer's Club, the Typhoons and Rafales would fly top cover over the Gulf,and B-2s from WhitemanAFB/Diego Garcia and the F-22s would penetrate the Iranian IADS compeletely undetected and bomb with impugnity whatever targets CENTCOM chose to hit.

 

7 day war?

30 day war?

150 day war?

300 day war?

political?

regime change?

decapitation?

deterrence?

civil authority emplaced?

catalyst for popular change?

neutralization of kinetic warfighting ability in response?

neutralization of kinetic warfighting ability against neighbours?

neutralization of kinetic warfighting ability in total?

total force decapitation at the C3 level

total force delamination at the prosecution and reaction level?

restrict major manouvre?

restrict capacity to fight beyond regional centres?

What is the threat?

Why is it a threat?

Whats their intent to cause international force response?

Is it contained?

Can it be contained?

Have they threatened regional states?

Have they threatened non regional states with deliverable destructive weapons?

Is there a history of logistics and track events that support their intent to go to war?

Is the history of supporting track and logistics events indicative of sustained combat or is it posturing?

etc etc......  until you wrap up the above (and a whole lot more) this is just a biggles event.

Warpig :

Oh, well, in that case:

 

The UAE would sit it out and cheer us on from their Officer's Club, the Typhoons and Rafales would fly top cover over the Gulf, and B-2s from WhitemanAFB/Diego Garcia and the F-22s would penetrate the Iranian IADS compeletely undetected and bomb with impugnity whatever targets CENTCOM chose to hit.

Of course, actually we'd wait one day, and then what I wrote the first time would apply.

 

LOL, of course,  thats why you haven't set any parameters on the event and yet want to plan a mission/missions?

I think that defines the mission here.