MISSION PROFILES AND MODES OF ATTACK

MSN PROFILE
HEIGHT OF THE AC IN VARIOUS PHASES OF ROUTING FOR A MISSON. FACTORS
ROA OF AC VIS--VIS TGT DIST FROM BASE EN RDR COVER EN AIR OPPOSITION ( TGT DEF ?) WEATHER TERRAIN

MSN PROFILES
LO-LO-LO LO-LO-HI HI-LO-HI HI-HI-HI.
PHASE-III

PHASE-I PHASE-II

MODE OF ATTACK

MSN PROFILES
FACTORS DISCUSSED ABOUT EACH PROFILE:WHEN ADOPTED IMPLICATIONS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

LO-LO-LO PROFILE
ENEMY GAP FREE RADAR COVER HEAVY AIR OPPOSITION HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION AT LOW LEVEL. REDUCES ROA OF AC

LO-LO-HI PROFILE
TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF AC BENEFITS OF REDUCED EARLY WARNING TO ENEMY MAINTAINED

HI-LO-HI PROFILE
WHEN OWN BASE IN DEPTH AT IB, OR BEFORE ENTERING ENEMY RADAR COVER, AC DESCENDS TO LOW LEVEL AFTER GETAWAY EASES UP AGAIN AT IB, OR APPROPRIATE PLACE FURTHER INCREASE IN ROA OF AC.

HI-HI-HI PROFILE
WHEN CHOOSING TO IGNORE ENEMY EARLY WARNING SET UP ONLY AIRBORNE AD THREAT NEEDS TO BE CATERED FOR STRIKE AC CAPABLE OF OWN DEFENCE AND HAVE ADEQUATE AD ESCORTS EXAMPLE:- MISSON OF SU-30 ESCORTED BY SU-30 /MIRAGE 2000/MIG-29.

MODES OF ATTACK

MODES OF ATTACK
LAY DOWN ATTACK (LDA) LOW LEVEL OFFSET POINT(LLOP) LDA/ MLOP-LDA DIVE ATTACK (PUA) STEEP DIVE ATTACK LOFT/TOSS ATTACK DIVE TOSS ATTACK STAND OFF ATTACK

ASPECTS DISCUSSED WHEN USED ATTACK PARAMETERS IMPLICATIONS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

LDA(LAY DOWN ATTACK)

30-300M

WHEN TGT HEAVILY DEFENDED RETARDER BOMBS OR SPL WPNS AC SPEED 225 M/S TO 3OOM/S

LOW LEVEL ATTACK WITH NAPALM/ CLUSTER/ RETARDER/MULTIPURPOSE BOMBS

225-300M/S

RELEASE PT HT 30 TO 300M

500-700 M

 ADVANTAGES
DELAYED DETECTION BY GROUND BASED AD RADARS ACCURATE WEAPON DELIVERY HIGH SPEED ATTACK- RELATIVELY LESS REACTION TIME FOR TERMINAL DEFENCE

DISADVANTAGES
HIGH COCKPIT WORKLOAD FOR THE PILOT DELAYED TARGET ACQUISITION FLIGHT WITHIN RANGE OF TERMINAL AD WEAPONS PREDICTABLE FLIGHT PATH.

DIVE ATTACK
CARRIED OUT AGAINST HIGHLY DEFENDED TARGETS INITIALLY,NO 1 MAKES CONTACT, ROLLS INTO DIVE. NO 2 DIVES AFTER 15'- 20' SECs , FOR SINGLE TGT SEPARATION IN DIRECTION IS 15- 20 DEG/ TRAILING BY 2.5 - 3 KM

DIVE ATTACK (PUA)

LOW LEVEL TILL PULL UP PT (PUP) THEREAFTER PULL UP TO THE REQUIRED HEIGHT AND ATTACK THE TARGET IN A STEADY DIVE DIVE ANGLE OF 15 TO 30 DEG PARAMETERS SUCH AS STARTING HEIGHT, DIVE ANGLE, WEAPON RELEASE RANGE, AC SPEED SAME AS IN A DIVE ATTACK. DISTANCE OF PULL UP POINT FROM TARGET VARIES DEPENDING UPON WEAPON AND TYPE OF AC

DIVE/PULL UP ATTACK
270-300 M/S 1.5-2.5 KM

RANGE 1000-1600M
200M

15-30 DEG

500M

DIVE/PULL UP ATTACK

15-30 DEG

DIVE ATTACK (PUA)

AC VULNERABLE TO TERMINAL DEFENCES FROM THE TIME IT PULLS UP TILL PULL OUT FROM ATTACK DIVE ATTACK CARRIED OUT AGAINST LIGHTLY DEFENDED TARGETS ACCURATE TYPE OF ATTACK.

 ADVANTAGES
LOW LEVEL INGRESS DELAYS RADAR DETECTION NAVIGATION INACCURACIES CATERED FOR WHILE DIVING ON TO THE TARGET ACCURATE WEAPON DELIVERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST RADAR CONTROLED AD GUN SYSTEMS

DISADVANTAGES
PREDICTABLE FLIGHT PATH WHILE DIVING AC EXPOSED TO AD WEAPON SYSTEMS WHILE DIVING.

STEEP DIVE ATTACK

CARRIED OUT TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE RANGEG OF TERMINAL DEFENCES AC PULLS UP AT A DISTANCE OF 10 -20 KM, CLIMB TO A HT OF 6-8 KM AC ATTACKS THE TARGET IN STEEP DIVE ANGLE OF 45 DEG OR 60 DEG WEAPON RELEASED AT 3.5 TO 4 KM AC PULLS OUT OF DIVE BY 3 KM HT GET AWAY AS PER MISSON PROFILE

LOFT/TOSS ATTACK
CARRIED OUT AGAINST HEAVILY DEFENDED TARGETS AC APPROACHES THE TARGET AREA AT LOW LEVEL, AT PRE DETERMINED POINT PULLS UP TO 30 DEG-45 DEG LOFTS THE BOMB IDEAL TRAJECTORY AT 45 DEG

 BOMB ON RELEASE FOLLOWS A TRAJECTORY DEPENDING UPON SPEED /HEIGHT OF AC AND ANGLE OF TOSS AC DOES NOT APPROACH TARGET ANY CLOSER THAN 6-7 KM ENSURES AC SAFE FROM TARGET DEFENCES NOT ACCURATE USED AGAINST AREA TGTS.

TOSS/LOFT ATTACK
BOTH AC PULL UP SIMULTANEOUSLY, RELEASE THEIR WEAPON AND TURN SYNCHRONOUSLY EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT ONTO RECIPROCAL DIRECTIONS RECOVERY OF OWN AC INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY

DIVE TOSS ATTACK

PULL OUT BOMB TOSSED DIVE

BOMB TRAJECTORY IF RELEASED LOS (INSUFFICIENT GRAVITY DROP ALLOWANCE)

TARGET

LOW LEVEL OFFSET POINT (LLOP) LDA/ MLOP-LDA

SIX DIGIT CO-ORDINATES OF TARGET AND OFFSET POINT FED IN ATTACK COMPUTER PILOT OVERFLIES OFFSET(REFERENCE) POINT TO UPDATE INPUT PILOT(AUTO PILOT) FLIES DESIGNATED COURSE . AUTO WEAPON RELEASE TAKES PLACE. USED AGAINST AREA TARGETS AT NIGHT/ BAD WEATHER/ CAMOUFLAGED TARGETS LLOP-LDA AND TOSS ATTACK COMBINATION !

STAND OFF ATTACK

CARRIED OUT FROM A DISTANCE TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE EFFECTIVE RANGE OF TARGET DEFENCES WEAPON USED ARE PGM GUIDED BY LASER, TV /LLTV,FLIR STAND OFF DISTANCE DEPENDS UPON THE TYPE OF WEAPON AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM USED.

ALARM

SELF DESIGNATION

INDEP DESIGNATOR

INDIRECT FIRE

PATTERNS OF ATTACK GEOMETRY

SIMULTANEOUS/NEAR SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK MULTI DIRECTION SATURATION RAID SINGLE DIRECTION / CORRIDOR RAID 45 DEG/1 80 DEG TIP IN ATTACK

SIMULTANEOUS/NEAR SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK

RESORTED TO FOR AREA TGT WHERE IN BOTH AC ADEQUATELY SEPARATED e.g. RUNWAY/ TAXI TRACK BOTH AC AIM FOR RESPECTIVE DMPI'S AND DELIVER WEAPONS INDIVIDUALLY LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION BETWEEN TWO AC DEPENDS UPON RUNWAY ORIENTATION VIV-A-VIS AND ATTACK DIRECTION

ATTACK GEOMETRY
AC ALWAYS OP IN PAIRS CATERS FOR SAFETY FROM RICHOCHET OF WPNS OF OTHER AC CATER FOR TGT DEF

45 DEG TIP IN ATTACK

RESORTED TO AGAINST POINT TARGETS INCREASED REACTION TIME TO NO 2 FOR TARGET ACQUISITION AND ALIGNMENT NO 2 CAN USE LEADERS WEAPON IMPACT POINT AS REFERENCE TO PICKUP AND LAUNCH AT THE TARGET

45 DEG TIP IN ATTACK

ATTACK PROFILES
Armt/ Speed Starting Ht Dive Angle Ht of Wpn Slant Mode (m/s) (m) (Deg) Release Rg to WRP (m) (m) Rkts 270-300 1.5 Km 15-20 500 1200

Unguided Bombs Dive 270-300 2.5 Km 30 S dive ----,,---- 6-8 Km 45-60 Level 300-325 30-150 (Napalm/Cluster/ Retarder/Multipurpose)

800 4.5-3.5Km 30-150

1400 4.5-6 Km 600-800

Armt/ Speed Wpn (m/s)

Starting Ht Dive Angle Ht of Wpn Horizontal (m) (Deg) Release (m) Rg to WRP (m)

Guided 300-325 AS REQD Bombs

ASM 300-325 -----,,-----

N/A

N/A

4 -10 Kms

N/A

N/A

4 -15 Kms (**) 6 -8 Kms

TOSS 300-325 -----,,----- 45 DEG PITCH N/A ATTK AAH 60-100 NOE N/A

NOE( LOS ) 3-4 Km (Msl) 1200 m (Rkt) (**) DEPENDS UPON WEAPON CHARACTERISTICS,IN EXCESS OF 100s OF Km FOR SOME AGMs.