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Iraq was using an air defense system from 1970(it was already outdated). They had no modern air defense or air force during the gulf war. If they had modern air
by ChumpGPT 3y ago
Iraq was using an air defense system from 1970(it was already outdated). They had no modern air defense or air force during the gulf war. If they had modern air defense they would have brought down a lot of US Aircraft.
The USA has never fought an adversary that possessed a modern Air Defense System.
Even today the Israeli Military has to coordinate with Russia to not get shot down over Syria by Russian S300 and possibly S400 Missile Systems.
- greedo 3y agoThey had an integrated AD system with centralized control through command centers connected via fiber optical cables. The French had helped them design this system. Their AD was quite extensive with French supplied ROLAND, as well as contemporary Soviet equipment. Their air force had MiG-29, MiG-25, Mirage F-1, all in large numbers. This was not a pushover military by any means, but they were simply outclassed by a USAF operating at its peak. And when the US was fighting in Vietnam, the Vietnamese arguably had one of the best AD systems that was highly effective. The Soviets spared no expense in supplying (and often manning) their IAD.