Right, but that was a hypothetical. They're not going to shut down, and you're not going to take your shot at them using a passive-sensor anti-radiation missile

Right, but that was a hypothetical. They're not going to shut down, and you're not going to take your shot at them using a passive-sensor anti-radiation missile. You'll use a passive-sensor infrared or an actively guided radar missile. (And an AWACS plane isn't without other countermeasures.)