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>As fun as it is to dunk on the Russians for their incompetence here, it seems far more likely to me that it's a sign of the profound competence of the US/NATO
by TMWNN 5y ago
>As fun as it is to dunk on the Russians for their incompetence here, it seems far more likely to me that it's a sign of the profound competence of the US/NATO at electronic warfare.
As much as I'd like to believe that US Wild Weasel aircraft orbiting outside Ukraine are capable of zapping Russian aircraft inside Ukraine and Russia itself, this does not seem likely.
- darawk 5y agoYou could be right, but if you acknowledge that it's possible in principle to do this, why wouldn't we be investing heavily in it? Being able to ground an enemy's air force without appearing to fight them would be an incredibly powerful capability. I think there are a lot of reasons to believe it should be possible, and if it's possible, every reason to believe it would be invested in. I certainly don't have any evidence to prove it though, so its certainly reasonable to disagree.
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