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Pet, I do agree with the marksman being pushed down/created at the section level, I think this analogy though needs a little work; As warfare evolves maybe the weapons are getting lighter but the loads guys are carrying certainly aren't, I don't think it would be a stretch to say that the...

Jammer, not to derail this thread but I'm not sure that statement is completely accurate. I'm sure there are others on here more in the know on the capes of this a/c than I but I've heard of some pretty high ratios of aggressor force vs the F-22 (singleton) with the F-22 coming away untouched...

An unfortunate incident but a great photo nonetheless. Many thanks to 'Lucy' and her team for their tireless and outstanding work. T-6, if you personally know please pass on our gratitude.

Frank I guess you missed the part of the article in bold stating that encrypting would be the easy part. If you could show me an 'Enter' key on some of the receivers it might work but guess what......

Flawed Design To answer your question, in my opinion its nothing really more than an early warning receiver and for the most part I would think that the average INS or even MVT for that matter, doesn't have this cape. Its also highly unlikely that the HVTs have the corresponding maps to know...

I guess maybe you just know more about this stuff than some of the guys on here do eh  :-\ That's the best idea you've had, you may have strayed just a touch outside your lane.

Jammer Squawking on C Band 5211, call Good Handshake.  ;D Sig Op While I applaud your effort to come up with a way to encrypt the VDL its really not that simple, as a matter of fact your idea might lead to the ACC having a massive heart attack. Theres a lot more going on over there with...

Yea as I stated earlier it would cause quite a bit of difficulty just in trying to encrypt the VDL receivers (not that it can't be done but you can imagine the headache of trying to swap receivers out all over theatre). As I also eluded to not all these UAVs are flown from theatre and use...

Obviously this isn't good but  encrypting may just cause a whole host of other problems and I'm pretty sure theres already ways to defeat this. I wouldn't think the device that the INS are using has nearly any range nor does the average INS group have the map network or IA capability to know...

Vern The comment wan't directed at you but hey.................if the shoe fits.

Wow We can haul out all the dress regs written in the CF, most RSMs have certain quirks as to be what can be worn at their unit and what can't, I'm sure if TN2ICs has a problem with them wearing "Trucker" slip ons he'll let them know. WRT paying for them, I'd think his unit has just as...

Regiments have always been designed to support Bdes, I'd say just by the title of this thread that maybe theres too much mission creep in that train of thinking. I think everyone has basically conceded that the Regt or in our current fight, bty, should be held at the Bde level more than the...

Just going to throw my two cents in here and it kind of hits on a couple points brought up on here, artillery is only as accurate as the coordinates generated, as Pet brought up most of the guys coming through right now can't do anything without a GPS, thats a fundamental problem, not every...

Yea Fair enough, I can't comment much further on the F-35 without straying waaaaay out of my lane, it was never my intent to talk about a particular a/c's capes anyhow. We obviously have a couple differences of opinion, nothing wrong with that, thats what makes this Forum what it is in the...

CA What I'm trying to say is that with those threats on the ground that the F-35 is probably going to have to come low, he can't just hang out up top, not with the SA threats in a modern conventional war, thats why we have things like SEAD. I don't think collectively as a group we can say...

SA-6, 15, 20....to name a few.

I'd recommend the Peltor Com Tac II with the applicable radio cables, if your going to be carrying a radio, its a pretty decent set up. Another company that has a different version of this is TCI, Tactical Command Industries, the Liberator and Liberator II. Just some options.

Agree 100%, you don't even have to go back as far as the conflicts you mention to make your point for CAS, I'm sure there was probably an incident within the last week in Afg where the good guys were hunkered down awaiting the CAS strike (although it wasn't necessarily a prop driven a/c) The...

Well maybe this whole idea isn't too far off the mark, looks like the USAF is going exactly in this direction for a COIN a/c, okay maybe not exactly but running roughly parallel with ;) http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/07/usaf-officially-launches-light.html Who would have...

TE Its all a team effort, you'll be happy to know that a lot of times there are still guys on the ground helping the UAVs out, sometimes they find their tgts through various int capes but often its still the guy on the spot. As Michael mentioned I don't really see the difference between the...