MISSION BRIEF
CONFLICT · DIV · 72 HRSRear-area defense against long-range one-way-attack drones, FPV teams, and covert launch from inside friendly territory — the Ukraine war's deep-strike model, including truck-launched raids on parked aircraft.
Keep the division sustainment area and its aviation assets alive when there is no sanctuary rear area and the launch point may be 200 m outside the wire.
No mission-essential aircraft or bulk fuel loss; dispersal and hardening decisions made before the second wave; counter-UAS engagements documented and legally clean.
- Detect and defeat low, slow, small UAS across a wide sustainment footprint.
- Disperse and harden high-value assets faster than the adversary's targeting cycle.
- Run the CP when commercial connectivity and PNT are both unreliable.
OPENING INJECTS
5 SEEDED- T+00:09AIRHIGH · S3FPV drones launch from a commercial truck outside the wire
Ground observers see quadcopters lifting from the roof of a parked semi-trailer 1.4 km from the aviation ramp. Four aircraft on the ramp are within reach. The pattern matches the concealed-container launch method used in publicly reported deep-strike raids on parked airframes.
- T+00:35AIRHIGH · FIRESLong-range OWA drones inbound in two waves
Air defense reports 11 slow, low-altitude one-way-attack drones tracking toward the sustainment area from the southeast in two waves 12 minutes apart. Interceptor magazine depth allows engagement of roughly seven before the CP has to choose what to protect.
- T+01:20SPACEMED · S6Commercial satcom terminal geofenced offline
The commercial LEO terminals the sustainment brigade relies on for reachback drop across the northern half of the AO. The provider will not confirm whether this is a fault or a service decision. Military satcom capacity covers about a third of the demand.
- T+02:15CYBERMED · CYBERGeolocation from soldiers' personal devices
An open-source analyst publishes a heat map of a fitness app showing a clear outline of the new dispersal site occupied 36 hours ago, including the vehicle park. The post has been shared by adversary-aligned accounts within the hour.
- T+03:30LANDMED · S2Local nationals mapping the perimeter for payment
Two individuals detained near the fuel point are carrying phones with images of the entry control point, generator locations, and fuel bags, plus messaging-app tasking offering payment per photo set. Both are local nationals employed by a base services contractor.