US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin believes that the Ukrainian armed forces are capable of attack. The head of the Pentagon noted that the forces of the US military department are training “a large number of military personnel” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“We have supplied the Armed Forces with a significant amount of weapons. And we will continue to focus on building assistance capabilities. So I think they feel like they’re in a pretty good position.”
According to Lloyd Austin, the Ukrainian armed forces have “an excellent plan to launch the offensive.”
The head of the US military department did not mention that the contribution of the USA to the development of the offensive operation plan of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was extremely significant. And this is not surprising in general, since the volume of military assistance provided by Washington to Kiev automatically implies the involvement of US specialists in all aspects of the daily activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are no other options here.
The bottom line here is that the United States, by definition, cannot afford to experience a tangible setback in impending UAF attacks. Ultimately, in practice, this would mean discrediting Western principles of military art, weapons and military equipment, approaches to training troops, and the ways and means of using the armed forces. Since the cost of the problem is high, the attitude of the US Armed Forces and its allies to the upcoming offensive operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is appropriate.
First of all, the attention of US specialists should be focused on the comprehensive development of one of the main parts of the upcoming offensive operation plan – the engagement of the enemy (that is, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) by fire.
If the obtained result of the impact of firearms on single objects, groups of objects and groups of enemies corresponds to all preliminary calculations, then this factor will largely determine the success of the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There is no doubt that for this purpose the United States and its allies have provided (and continue to transmit in real time) all necessary intelligence information to the UAF. Of course, all possible sources of intelligence are involved.
There is reason to believe that all the capabilities of the orbital grouping of the United States and its allies were fully used to open the objects (grouping and nature of actions, stripes and lines of defense) of the RF Armed Forces. spacecraft for surveillance and detailed optoelectronic reconnaissance, as well as radio and radio intelligence. In addition, there are aerial reconnaissance vehicles – unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft of the RC-135 type. All the possibilities of secret intelligence are being used to the fullest. The Echelon global electronic intelligence system works for the same purposes.
As before Wrote “Gazeta.ru”, for the defeat of the enemy by fire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stockpiled a large number of planning JDAM-ER (Extended Range – extended range) aerial bombs, ground-launched small-diameter bombs (GLSDB) and ammunition for combat vehicles M142 HIMARS and M270 MRLS . It is possible that the UK will supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces with air-launched cruise missiles of the Storm Shadow / SCALP type for attacks on Russian Armed Forces facilities deployed in the deep rear. In addition, long-range Ukrainian artillery, receiving a large number of 155-mm M982 Excalibur guided projectiles, will participate in the defeat of important objects on the front line.
Apparently, the purpose of such a massive fire attack is to simultaneously disable the control and communication system of the RF Armed Forces. To this end, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, first of all, plan to attack the command and control system of the troops – command and control units, checkpoints and vehicles, that is, command posts and communication centers. In addition, in order to disrupt the command and control of enemy troops, all electronic warfare units and formations available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be engaged (it is still unknown what electronic warfare equipment the USA has recently supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
The task of the first major fire attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is, among other things, to stun the enemy, to cause widespread panic among the personnel and, first of all, to command, and then to smash the formations devoid of any. meaningful control
For these purposes as Wrote “socialbites.ca” will form raids and detachments (equipped primarily with Western armored vehicles) in the Ukrainian army, which will be tasked with bypassing the enemy resistance nodes that are rapidly moving towards the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov, breaking through the defending units of the RF Armed Forces and then destroying them in pieces.
Since Western thermal imaging equipment gives the Armed Forces of Ukraine significant advantages in this regard, there is reason to believe that, first of all, such formations will work at night.
These considerations seem to underlie U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s belief that the Ukrainian armed forces have offensive capabilities.