Operation/Patrol Time:
- 0830 Local
Weather/Forecast Information:
- Current Temp: 52F | Today's High: 63F | Tonight's Low: 41F | Current Humidity: 62%, dropping to 27% by 1500 Local | Wind out of the SE at 10-12 mph, with occasional gusts up to 20 mph.
Lighting/Visibility Factors:
- Cloudy with partial showers | Visibility greater than or equal to 6NM (nautical miles) | Sunset tonight is 1743 & sunrise tomorrow is 0730.
Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs) & Aviation Advisory Information
- Major air defense systems in Severkuldzha have been neutralized, but the spike of recovered Strela, Igla, and even US-made FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS is creating a bigger concern for air missions- rotary in particular, due to their plentifulness among NWRC weapons caches, portability, and very low observability & risk of detection. Remain highly vigilant for such threats, and ensure engagements or encounters are reported and communicated so as to ensure all aircraft are in the loop regarding emergent air defense threat locations.
Theater/Strategic-level News & Intelligence Updates, Activity, and Analysis
- NWRC troop movements across the Southern Inhabited Shelf (SIS) seem to be aimed at rallying fighters and uniformed Corps regulars to the roads and lands south of Sultanbent, while also attempting to reinforce an apparent defensive line to the north of Severkuldzha. There are conflicting theories as to what the NWRC's endgame is in this part of the province, as recovered information and intelligence have become increasingly sparse, and intercepts are becoming less and less reliable.
Local/Tactical-level News & Intelligence Updates, Activity, and Analysis
- Supply and logistical delays are still being hindered by the damage to the runways, however, combat aircraft are still able to safely sortie without increased risk of mishap. Engineers say the runways should be fully operational by the end of the week.
- While the most significant NWRC strongholds in the Severkuldzha plateau have been decisively disrupted, there are still strong pockets of forces attempting to regroup along the roads leading north, in an attempt to hedge and possibly counterattack in an attempt to delay further movement of supplies and aid to the villages north.
Special Info/Patrol Objective-specific Intelligence
- Before the NWRC can successfully reinforce positions along the land routes north, the battalion is attaching several small but rapidly mobilized supply convoys to be deployed to the front once the intended hamlets and villages can be cleared and rendered safe. While this will result in a slightly longer delivery of aid to intended locations, it should increase the safety of aid that locals so desperately need. As for the route itself- there's no soft way to put this, but the terrain for this patrol flat-out sucks. Winding roads that limit overlapping fields of fire, valleys and chokepoints are highly susceptible to ambush from multiple sides, and an enemy at least somewhat aware of how to leverage this advantage. Any delay to these patrols would allow the NWRC to further prepare positions in defense of these roads and northern villages, while also delaying our window to rout entrenched fighters and effectively provide care and aid to the people not shooting at us, so waiting for a better option simply isn't.
