GULF WAR GULF WAR OP ART CASE STUDYOP ART CASE STUDY

SHAPING THE BATTLE SPACE, OP FIRE, TEMPO OF OPS &

DECEPTION

SHAPING THE BATTLE SPACE

SHAPING THE BATTLE SPACE

• AIR CAMPAIGN – BEGINNING OF OP DESERT STORM.

• 2700 COMB ACs.• COMB HEPTRs.• 1,10,000 SORTIES IN 43 DAYS

AVG 2560 SORTIES PER DAY.• PEAK OF 4,000 SORTIES ON

28 FEB 1991.

AIR WAR OBJs OF COALITION FORCES

• BATTLE FD INT - PRE WAR ACQN OF INT.• DEGRADATION OF C2 NETWK.• DESTR OF NBC CAPABILITIES.• DEGRADATION OF LONG RG SURFACE TO

SURFACE CAPABILITY.• DESTR OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AND

SURFACE COMN.• DESTROY AIR FDS, PORTS, HIGH WAYS, BRS.

AIR WAR OBJs OF COALITION FORCES• ACHIEVE COMPLETE AIR SUPREMACY AND NEUTR

IRAQ’S SVL AND EW SYS, THEREBY GROUNDING AF.• PHY ATTRITION OF IRAQ’S GRND FORCES AND BREAK

THEIR WILL TO FIGHT.• DENY MOV OF RES.• PROVIDE CAS TO GRND FORCES ON LAUNCH OF

OFFN.• PROVIDE COMB MOB TO GRND FORCES INCL AIRLIFT.• DEM OF INDUSTRIAL BASE TO DENY THE

WHEREWITHAL TO GENERATE SIMILAR THREAT IN NEXT FEW DECADES.

PHASES OF AIR CAMPAIGN

• PHASE I - DESTROY IRAQ’S VITAL COG.

• PHASE II & III - NEUTR IRAQI ARMY IN KTO.

• PHASE IV - WIN AIR / GRND CAMPAIGN BY

PROVIDING INT, FIRE POWER AND PROTECTIVE

AIR COVER FOR GRND FORCES.

STRAT AIR CAMPAIGN

• CsOG. C3 SYS, WAR SP INFRASTRUCTURE, NBC WPNS CAPABILITY AND REPUBLICAN GUARD.

• IRAQ’S OIL REFINING AND PROD CAPABILITY WAS SHUT DOWN BY END OF FIRST WEEK.

• ELECTRIC POWER GRID KNOCKED OUT.• COMNs SEVERELY DISRUPTED.• SUPPLY LINES OF IRAQI GRND FORCES

SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED.• NBC FACILITIES TARGETED EXTENSIVELY.• MOB SCUD LRS TARGETED BUT NOT VERY

SUCCESSFUL.

SPL FORCES OPS

• BRITISH SAS INFLT BEFORE AIR CAMPAIGN.• PERFORMED RECCE MSNS AND DESIGNATED

TGTs FOR AIR DROPPED PGMs.• TGTs WERE COMD BUNKERS, AD RDRs, MOB

MSL LRS, BRS, COMNS FACILITIES, CONTAMINATING IRAQI AC FUEL.

• CAPTURING 30 DOCU GIVING DETAILS OF WPN EMP PLANS AND LGS CAPABILITIES.

EW

• PRIME INGREDIENT IN SHAPING THE BATTLE FD. USED FOR:-– SVL AND TGT ACQN.– DECISION MAKING.– WPN EMP.– ECM.– LOC MOB MSL LRS.– DECEPTION.

PENETRATION OF HOSTILE AIRSPACE

• INCR CHANCES OF PENETRATING HOSTILE AIRSPACE W/O BEING INTERCEPTED OR SHOT DOWN.

• MEANT GREATER BOMB LOAD TO TGT RATIO.

• REDUCED ATTRITION.

ENHANCEMENT OF WPN LETHALITY

• TECHNIQUES USED WERE:-– LASER AND RDR DESIGNATORS.– INSTALLATION OF MINI CMPTRS.– USE OF GPS.– LLTV, THERMAL IMAGER, IMAGE INTENSIFIER, IR

DEVICES FOR NI OPS.– GYRO STAB OF WPN PLATFORMS AND SIGHTING

DEVICES.– BUILT IN ELECTRONIC INTERCEPTION AND LOCK ON

DEVICES.– COMPUTERISED FCS.

OP FIRES

LETHAL OP FIRES

• AIR– BOMBERS - B52.– DEEP INTERDICTION - JAGUAR AND MIRAGE.

• SSM - BALLISTIC AND CRUISE MSLS.• STRAT ARTY RESOURCES.– LONG RG MSL SYS - TOMAHAWK.– EXTENDED RG AND HIGH CAL GUNS.

• NAVAL GUN FIRE.

NON LETHAL OP FIRES

• EW.– ESM.– ECM.– ECCM.

• PSY OPS.– RADIO.– LEAFLETS.– AGENTS.

APPL OF OP FIRES

• DESTR OF C2.• SHAPING THE BATTLE FD.• ISOLATION OF BATTLE FD.• PREVENTION OF IRAQI FORCES MVRE.• FACILITATION OF OWN MVRE.• DEGRADATION.• PSY OPS.

TEMPO OF OPS

TEMPO OF OPS

• PHY MOBILITY.• TAC RATE OF ADV.• COMN.• C2I.• LGS.• RECCE.• WIDE FRONT OF OPS.• RES.• XG OF OBST.

DECEPTION

DECEPTION - COALITION FORCES

OP LEVEL DECEPTIONS.• AMPH DEMO.

– AMPH TRG.– PREPONDERANCE OF LDG

CRAFTS– MINE CLEARNACE.– DESTR OF IRAQI NAVAL

VESSELS.– MARINE TPS ONBOARD

SHIPS.– CAPTURE OF TWO

ISLANDS.– NGFS BY BATTLE SHIPS.

DECEPTION - COALITION FORCES

OP LEVEL DECEPTIONS.

• WIDE MVRE BY VII AND XVIII CORPS.– DESTR OF SVL RESOURCES.– LEAFLETS.– ELECTRONIC EMMISSIONS.

TAC LEVEL DECEPTIONS.

• LOUD SPEAKERS.• FALSE RAIDS.

DECEPTION – IRAQI FORCES

• DUMMIES.• PAINTING OF RUNWAYS.• SCUD LR SITES.

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