Law of interception and shooting down of aircraft… We are prepared?

Ecuador prepares to have a law so that the Armed forces can carry out the shootdown of aircraft in illegal actsíin others, ¿we are prepared to do it?

In the úIn recent weeks there has been talk about the operational capacity of the Force AéEcuadorian area regarding its super ship operationsóunique and their need to have a wingécombat area for the care of its sovereigntyíto national.

Post written by: Capturesán Rodolfo Estrella
FAA Commercial Pilot
Twitter: @rodo_estrella

Well, although the capacity of super fightersóNicos is null at the moment, Ecuador it's a paíI know that, untilíz of the signing of peace in 1998 with Perú, does not have in sight or in the long term conflicts that require an armed force with combat capacity capable of facing similar forces.

super strengthóEcuadorian nica was acquired from theños 70’s due to the constant threat of conflicts with Peruú, and although Ecuador receivedó give us oneónumber of super huntsóunique Dassault Mirage 50 by Venezuela on 2009 to work together with Cheetah acquired from Suráfear, none of these are operational.

Currently, Ecuador así how her neighbors are threatened úsolely because of crime and particularly drug traffickingáI'm sorryía a díto venture into the spaceséprisoners of sovereign nations in aircraft dedicated for this purpose.

This threat, although it constitutes a violationón of state aéinmate does not constitute a direct threat to security that requires interventionón forceful retaliation as is the case of a rapeón of space aécriminal by aircraft capable of engaging in combat or attack.

It is for this reason that Ecuador, así as neighboring developing nations have opted for the acquisitionón of small fleetsñace aircraft capable of operating in low threat environments. For this, the military forces alsoás of the replacement of other obsolete aircraft acquired within the period of the déeach pass between other teams, The aircraft Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano with the intentionón to be your premier aircraftíline for the care of sovereigntyía aéarea and state.

the grandfatherón for the shooting down of aircraft

The Government presentedó few días atrás what to beá the «demolition law» that seeks that the FAE has the capacity to act progressively using force against illegal aircraftíother, which brought up the debate about whaté aircraft will be usedá For this end.

We will analyze a little the correct aircraft that our pa already has.íyes and whyé he is a grandfatherón capable of meeting and meeting the combat or defense needs of sovereignía aéarea of ​​any countryís and in this particular case of Ecuador.

The Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano

The Embraer Super Tucano is the avión combat emblemáAttic of the Aeron IndustryáBrazilian utica, a modern multi-prop aircraftósite capable of carrying out various combat and training missions.

The Super Tucano has its beginnings as a requirement of the Brazilian Government for the VAS program, “Amaz Surveillance Systemónico” whose task in conjunction with R99 surveillance aircraftérea tenían la misióinterception numberón of aircraft in violationón of the state and for this it requiresíto replace the veteran Embraer AT-26 Xavante, versionón built under license from the aircraftón Italian Aermacchi MB-326.

Así The turboh platform is developed under the ALX programélice Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, a t-cab monoplaneáwhile multi-propósite and multi-missionón which is characterized by a long combat flight range of 550 km o 300 miles náutics or range in normal flight of 1330 Kilómeters or 830 miles náuticas and everything at a low cost per unit (9-10 millions of dóhomes) and low operating costón with an average cost of 400 dólares per flight hour versus 4500 dólares per flight hour that it costs on average to operate a modern super fighter fighteróunique like the Saab JAS-39 Gripen whose market price is 30 millions of dóhomes.

The roof máximo de operationón of the Súper Tucano is from 35.000 pies o 10.700 meters.

The Súper Tucano in its combat role is capable of operating in all types of weather, día, night and isá equipped with advanced weapons systems for ground attack, support táI look at the surface, forbid usóthere are no interceptionsón of low-performance hostile aircraft and air-to-air combat. Your Avi Systemóunique fully digital capabilities make it capable of handling sophisticated weapons and navigation systems.ón.

armament

for combat, the Super Tucano isá equipped with 5 external supports for weapons among which we can highlight:

For Air-to-Air Combat:

• AIM9 Sidewinder missiles.
• MAA1A and 1B Piranha missiles.
• RAFAEL Python missiles 3 y Phyton 4.

For Air Combat – Surface

• l-guided pumpsábe AGM-65 Maverick.
• Conventional AC pumpsífree day. MK-81 y MK-85.
• BINC-300 Incendiary Bombs.
• BLG-252 cluster bombs
• precision pumpsón guided by Lábe of type JDAM.
• rockets of 70 one thousandímeters in containers 4 rockets per container.

For use in general combat

• Two FN Herstal machine guns from 12.7 one thousandímeters one on each wing with 500 total cartridges.
• A pod with an approxñón M20 of 20 one thousandímeters under the fuselage
• Optional pods with two FN Herstal machine guns from 12.7 one thousandímeters, one in each wing
• Additionally, it can be equipped with external disposable fuel tanks for extended range., CHAFF and FLARES flares as countermeasures in case of receiving attacks and alsoén FLIR infrared sensor equipment

Operationón

Operationally, the Super Tucano is an aircraft that has ALREADY been tested in real combat against insurgent forces in Colombia, pig más remembered and important missions were the Operationón Fénix where the terrorist Ra was killedúl Reyes in an operationón “whoúrgica” with guided bombsáto be. Spaghettiéthe operation is not rememberedón Sodom where the l was killedíterrorist alias Mono Jojoy. These being the first combat interventions of the aircraftón.

In interception rolesónumber of hostile aircraft, the Super Tucano has been seen operating with great ésuccess in USA, Brazil and Colombia neutralizing smuggling aircraft.

knockdown

Since the interdiction regulationsón of this type of aircraft in the países donde isá allowed establish full identificationón of the aircraft possible úonly at low speed, Subsequently, if the aircraft does not obey instructions, anúwarning shots and if it persists, the demolition or disabling is carried out.óaircraft no., for this, The attack with machine guns constitutes a very low cost alternative compared toón with the shootdown using air-to-air missiles. To mention an Air-to-Air missile of the Python type has a cost of $20.000 dólares while the use of machine guns will comeíto have a very low cost and high effectiveness.

Hostile aircraft that are usually used for traáillegal substances among the países are constituted in its great majorílike small airplanesñLow-performance, low-speed single- or twin-engine aircraft or sometimes small corporate aircraftñace for which the Super Tucano isá capable of intercepting and disablingí whether in air or on land without any restrictionsón and without the possibility that their charactersístatics surpass those of the Tucano.

as we see, the capabilities of the Embraer Super Tucano, far exceed the current needs of the Ecuador, although everyone wantedéwe were to see a weaponémodern area with airplanes úlast generationóno. of combat, we must be aware that the país is not currently in an economic capacityómica for renovationótotal number of fighter wing, let's goás added to what was mentioned above that is not foreseené in the near future conflicts of magnitude that require this type of investmentón.