One of many bases set up to destroy Hellfire in THE WAVE Location-50 km from the SN coast SN IS COOKED
Watchmen Empire vs. SN — IRL Weapons Playthrough Phase 1: Air Suppression (T-0 to T+15 min) F-15Es take the lead. Two strike at SN's rear logistics nodes with JDAMs while the other four sweep for SAM sites with AGM-88 HARMs. F-35As run a SEAD/DEAD package — loitering at the edge of the SAM envelope, punching through with AGM-88G AARGM-ERs against any remaining radar emitters. MQ-9 Reapers establish overwatch at 30,000 ft, painting targets with LITENING and calling in strikes with AGM-114 Hellfires on high-value moving targets (command vehicles, fuel dumps). Phase 2: Missile Defense Lock (T+10 min) Both Iron Domes and CRAMs are in active intercept posture. Any SN ballistic or rocket fire (Grad, Smerch, etc.) is shredded at altitude. CRAMs cover the low-altitude gaps with C-RAM interceptors. This buys the armored column a clean approach corridor. Phase 3: Armored Assault (T+20 min) The M1A2 SEPv2s lead the main axis toward SN's HQ. Bradleys flank left and right with TOWs and 25mm cannons suppressing dismounted infantry and light vehicles. LAV-ADs ride the flanks, their 30mm Bushmasters providing area suppression and screening for infantry dismounts. JLTVs carry the 500 infantry in a rolling assault — dismounting at the objective perimeter for a bounding overwatch push. Phase 4: Close Assault & Consolidation (T+45 min) Infantry clears the Garage and Storage (likely SN's fuel/ammo cache — Bradley TOWs finish any remaining vehicles). Barracks are secured by the flanking Bradleys. HQ is taken by the lead Abrams column with infantry dismounts from JLTVs for CQB. F-35As provide close air support (GBU-39 SDBs) on any SN counter-attack positions. Reapers track and kill any retreating SN armor with Hellfires. Result SN is defeated. The Iron Dome/CRAM umbrella denied them any effective counter-battery or rocket response, air superiority was locked by T+15 min, and the combined-arms push (armor + IFV + infantry + CAS) overwhelmed the base defenses. The 8 guard towers with .50 cals are suppressed by the first Bradley pass (25mm rounds shred the light tower structures). SN losses: total base overrun, all vehicles destroyed or captured, command structure eliminated. Watchmen losses: negligible — perhaps 2–3 JLTVs damaged by small arms, no aircraft lost. Key advantage: The layered air defense (Iron Dome + CRAM) is what makes this a near-punching-bag scenario. Without it, SN's any rocket/missile capability would have forced the armored column to disperse. With it, the Watchmen can mass freely and close at full speed.
