Af/Pak & Other News (1/23/2013)

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Pakistani Kashmir PM terms nuclear warning as “pressure tactic”:

http://dawn.com/2013/01/23/pakistani-kashmir-pm-terms-nuclear-warning-as-pressure-tactic/



Outstanding Questions on the Afghan Massacre Case:

http://nation.time.com/2013/01/22/outstanding-questions-on-the-afghan-massacre-case/



UK troop reduction in Afghanistan 'in autumn':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21148284



USAF delays Afghan Light Air Support source selection:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-delays-afghan-light-air-support-source-selection-381387/



Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan cleared in Pentagon inquiry:

http://news.yahoo.com/top-u-commander-afghanistan-cleared-pentagon-inquiry-014431376.html



Head Shot:

http://nation.time.com/2013/01/22/head-shot/



Pakistan bans 'Call of Duty' and 'Medal of Honor':

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/pakistan-bans-call-duty-medal-honor-article-1.1245152





India Buys C-130J-30 Hercules for Special Forces:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/india-to-purchase-6-c130j-hercules-for-special-forces-02224/



PICTURE: India's first C-17 enters flight testing:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-indias-first-c-17-enters-flight-testing-381414/




Iran will attempt to send another monkey into space in February:

http://news.msn.com/world/iran-will-attempt-to-send-another-monkey-into-space-in-february





4 AQAP fighters killed in drone strike in northern Yemen:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/01/4_aqap_fighters_kill_1.php




Iraq suicide bomb at Shia mosque kills 42:

http://dawn.com/2013/01/23/iraq-suicide-bomb-at-shia-mosque-kills-42/



The Penny Drops: Iraq Chooses its Training & COIN Aircraft:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/iraq-issues-rfp-for-coin-aircraft-03281/




NATO to activate Turkey missile defenses:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22432250/nato-activate-turkey-missile-defenses




Syrian civil war devastates farming, U.N. says:

http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-civil-war-devastates-farming-u-n-says-153655273.html



Rebels in northern Syria pin hopes on airbase's downfall:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/22/world/syria-final-battle-for-north/index.html




Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/world/africa/some-algeria-attackers-are-placed-at-benghazi.html?_r=0





Pentagon Swears U.S. Role in Mali War Is Limited:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/pentagon-mali/




Fight for Mali town shows how al-Qaida melts into population, uses
civilians as cover:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/22/fight-for-mali-town-shows-how-al-qaida-melts-into-population-uses-civilians-as/



Italy To Send 3 Planes to Mali for Logistical Support:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130122/DEFREG04/301220010/Italy-Send-3-Planes-Mali-Logistical-Support?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Chadian troops advance against Mali Islamists:

http://news.msn.com/world/chadian-troops-advance-against-mali-islamists



France Brings Bigger Gunships, Heavy Artillery to Mali as Militants
Dig In:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/mali-heavy-firepower/



French Need A400M, Due This Year:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_01_21_2013_p29-537614.xml




Newcastle University experts test 'bomb-proof' train:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21156908




VIDEO: RAF puts Hawk T2 through its paces:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/01/video-raf-puts-hawk-t2-through.html




The Hunt For The Real Red October:

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/russia/articles/20130123.aspx




China criminalizes monks' suicides, arrests protesters' friends:

http://news.msn.com/world/china-criminalizes-monks-suicides-arrests-protesters-friends



Reports: Chinese Army’s Unmanned Car To ‘Help Driver Sleep’:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130123/DEFREG03/301230019/Reports-Chinese-Army-8217-s-Unmanned-Car-8216-Help-Driver-Sleep-8217-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



China Finds MREs Irresistible:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20130123.aspx



US Navy fined for 'illegal entry' at Philippine reef:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Navy_fined_for_illegal_entry_at_Philippine_reef_999.html



USS Guardian Grounding:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/01/uss-guardian-grounding.html



Japan Launching Spy Satellite To Monitor North Korea:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130123/DEFREG03/301230020/Japan-Launching-Spy-Satellite-Monitor-North-Korea?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




This Tech Entrepreneur Is About to Launch the Blackwater of the High
Seas:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/private-navy/



Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations: Oh Yeah Baby:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/01/oh-yeah-baby.html




The Nation’s ICBM Force: Increasingly Creaky Broken Missiles:

http://nation.time.com/2013/01/23/the-nations-icbm-force-increasingly-creaky-broken-missiles/



Precision Extended Range Munition to improve capabilities of US Marine
Corps expeditionary forces:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/news/2013/01/23/precision-extended-range-munition-to-improve-capabilities-of-us-marine-corps-expeditionary-forces.html



Raytheon, US Navy Demonstrate New Dual Targeting Capability for JSOW
C-1:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/141941/jsow-c_1-demos-new-dual-targeting-capability.html



Using Connections to Stay Ahead of the Cyber Threat:

http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/01/22.aspx



Life Expectancy of a Cold War A-10 Pilot:

http://www.warisboring.com/2013/01/21/life-expectancy-of-a-cold-war-a-10-pilot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WarIsBoring+%28War+Is+Boring%29&utm_content=Google+Reader



LCS Goes Into The Danger Zone:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsurf/articles/20130123.aspx



DARPA's new prototype attack helicopter:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/01/darpas-new-prototype-attack-he.html



Raytheon to build low-orbit, disposable satellites for DARPA:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/23/seeme_disposible_satellites/



Video: Darpa’s Robots Practice Scavenging Space Junk From Satellites:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/darpa-phoenix/



Air Force calls number of sex assaults in 2012 'appalling':

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_22432215/air-force-calls-number-sex-assaults-2012-appalling?source=jBar



Laser tail gunners: DARPA seeks to use laser weapons to defend
aircraft from rearward attack:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2013/01/DARPA-Lockheed-ABC.html



Hydrogen on demand from silicon nanospheres - just add water:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/23/instant_energy_just_add_water/

[SolomonW]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:57:34 -0800 (PST), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Life Expectancy of a Cold War A-10 Pilot:
>
> http://www.warisboring.com/2013/01/21/life-expectancy-of-a-cold-war-a-10-pilot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WarIsBoring+%28War+Is+Boring%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

In the Royal Flying Corp during the Spring of 1917, pilots life expectancy
was approximately 13 days.

[Dennis]

" Life Expectancy of a Cold War A-10 Pilot by DAVID AXE

In the 1980s the U.S. Air Force planned to deploy 68 A-10 warplanes to
each of six Forward Operating Locations in West Germany in the event of
war with the Soviets. The twin-engine A-10s, with their 30-millimeter
guns and Maverick missiles, were NATO�s main tank-killing weapon.

According to the latest issue of Combat Aircraft, the flying branch
predicted that, if the A-10s went into action, seven percent of the jets
would be lost per 100 sorties. Since each pilot was expected to fly at
most four missions per day, each base would in theory generate more than
250 sorties daily. At this pace, a seven-percent loss rate per 100
flights equaled at least 10 A-10s shot down at each FOL every 24 hours �
and that�s being conservative.

At that rate, in less than two weeks the entire A-10 force at the time �
around 700 jets � would have been destroyed and the pilots killed,
injured, captured or, at the very least, very shook up."

Comment 6 - "
"Mustang says: January 23, 2013 at 6:45 PM - Hhmmm, my figures are
different to those stated above. Each of the six bases of 68 A-10s flies
4 sorties on the first day � that�s 1632 sorties. Now what has to be
taken into account is the attrition of the 408 A-10s which reduces the
number of sorties they can perform. 7% casualties PER 100 SORTIES when
1632 sorties are flown on the first day is decimation. I think during the
most intense periods during the Vietnam War B-52 loss rates were
unsustainable at 2% (cant recall over what period). By my figures, Day 7
sees 154 sorties with 35 A-10s left at the end of the day. The A-10s
perform 3324 sorties in the first week. If they kill 2.5 tanks per
sortie, that�s 8310. The Soviets had at least 50,000 tanks from the T-80
to all the T-54/55 and T-62s in reserve (~35K T-54, 27.5K T-55 and 20K T-
62 tanks were produced). Also keep in mind however that at 1000m the GAU-
8 would not be able to penetrate the turret roof of a T-62, only the hull
roof. It would therefore be ineffective against later Soviet tanks which
would have made up the Category 1 and 2 Soviet divisions. Peace. "

However, if some or a lot of the A-10 pilots can parachute to safety,
that makes a difference. During the Battle of Britain, there were pilots
who had three planes shot down beneath them and lived to fight on.

Dennis