> And no. You don't approach a SAM site (or any area a SAM site is defending) from the air. This is completely mistaken. SEAD (suppression of enemy air defense

> And no. You don't approach a SAM site (or any area a SAM site is defending) from the air. This is completely mistaken. SEAD (suppression of enemy air defenses) is one of the most basic and important missions the air force and naval aviators train for. The US absolutely does attack SAM sites from the air, and has done so going back to the Vietnam war. In 91 Saddam had a state of the art integrated air defense system that was systematically demolished by air in the initial days of the counterattack, long before ground troops got close to say Baghdad. Google what the acronym at the bottom of the "Wild Weasel" patch means for a laugh.