What is happening to the Reserve AD units?
With the removal of the Javelin AD system coming over the horizon, Reserve AD units won't have a weapon system in which to engage aircraft. Nor, to my knowledge, is there a replacement on the table either.
I would have thought that keeping man portable AD resources would have been a good idea, seeing how we're always going to unpredictable places. But if we get rid of the Javelin AD system, that means the only AD resources we have left are Skyguard units (a whopping 10, used for training) - and the ADATS. Although the ADATS is pretty damn good at what it does, our forces are losing a lot of flexibility in terms of AD capabilities with the removal of the Javelin AD system.
So, will the Reserve AD units get re-rolled to something else? Or will they continue to "train" with simulators and whatnot, but be without actual AD systems for a few years?
With the removal of the Javelin AD system coming over the horizon, Reserve AD units won't have a weapon system in which to engage aircraft. Nor, to my knowledge, is there a replacement on the table either.
I would have thought that keeping man portable AD resources would have been a good idea, seeing how we're always going to unpredictable places. But if we get rid of the Javelin AD system, that means the only AD resources we have left are Skyguard units (a whopping 10, used for training) - and the ADATS. Although the ADATS is pretty damn good at what it does, our forces are losing a lot of flexibility in terms of AD capabilities with the removal of the Javelin AD system.
So, will the Reserve AD units get re-rolled to something else? Or will they continue to "train" with simulators and whatnot, but be without actual AD systems for a few years?