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This is false. The US military still does SEAD missions with manned fighter bombers. We have no stealth drones capable of this yet. We also don't have hypersoni
by SEJeff 7y ago
This is false. The US military still does SEAD missions with manned fighter bombers. We have no stealth drones capable of this yet. We also don't have hypersonic cruise missiles (yet), so modern cruise missiles aren't great against advanced air defense. A tomahawk flies a lot slower than an F22 as an example and isn't stealthy at all. Any near peer adversary, or one using near peer anti-air (so anything from Russia or China or imported from either) can knock out most of our cruise missiles provided we don't confuse it with ELINT / jamming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defen...
- baybal2 7y agoYep, but you can fire 50 of them
- imtringued 7y agoYeah and the submarine that fired them can just disappear underwater.
- SEJeff 7y agoAnd the air defense assets are often portable. Like the BUK, Tor, or newer Pantsir which pair nicely with an S-300 / S-400.