Tell me one good reason why this was a good idea, and why I shouldnt just put a BM-21 Grad near the frontline
>>64763007>why I shouldnt just put a BM-21 Grad near the frontlinebecause what you've got is an Su-25, and a bunch of rocket pods that can't be used normally due to GBAD proliferationyour options aren't "this or a grad", they're "this or an Su-25 and rockets just sitting there collecting dust"
>>64763015>plane collecting dustIts better to collect dust than to risk losing an airframe and worst of all, a pilot. In the gulf war Saddam had the same problem, and even the guy who is notourious from sending soldiers to die still decide to save whatever he could by sending his jets to Iran>rockets collecting dustWe have seen time and time again AA missiles being converted to SA, so why couldnt they do the same with the rockets
>>64763058>Its better to collect dust than to risk losing an airframe and worst of all, a pilot.not if you're at war right fucking NOW and that pilot has nothing better to be doing. if that's the best use for a pilot, that's how you expend that resource.you don't understand opportunity cost.
>>64763007A grad can't shoot those rockets by default.You can try to kolhoz a rocket pod on the back of a Toyota haji style, but if you have a functional plane that can lob them by default, why not use it?And this is ignoring the fact you can both get away much quicker and lob the rockets at an greater range.
>>64763079then send them to the rear for pilot training, like imagine the hit rate from these rockets, its not 0% but its close to it, so why risk it. BUT, I can understand when they use the AGMs because then it justifies its use so close to the frontline
Could still be somewhat useful for suppression, I guess. Not gonna hit shit but might keep some heads down.
>>64763058what's the point of getting a war plane and training a pilot just to not use them because you're scared of losing them?
>>64763007In theory better range and the ability to suddenly concentrate large amounts of firepower at any point on a front anywhere you like, any time you like, more so than some Grads which have to slowly redeploy if you decide to hit somewhere else the next day. In reality? Yeah I'll just get more Grads.
>>64763015The best way to use those rockets would be with a APKWS equivalent, like JDAM for rockets.
