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>I'd imagine most of US civil air defense is just sending up fighter jets. The US has developed a lot of missiles, including those used to shoot down other mis
by smeyer 11y ago
>I'd imagine most of US civil air defense is just sending up fighter jets.
The US has developed a lot of missiles, including those used to shoot down other missiles. Do you have a reason to believe that their IADS is so dependent on fighters? I'm not particularly well-informed on the issue so I'd be interested to read more.
- rhino369 11y agoJust guessing based on lack of obvious military installations around cities.
- nostrademons 11y agoMiniaturization technology has advanced enough that they don't need fixed installations. Low altitude anti-air defense is probably a bunch of Stingers stored in a locker in key target buildings. High-altitude ABM defense would be Patriots and THAADs, both of which are mounted on mobile trucks which presumably are housed in U.S. military bases and in secret garages or other locations. It's to your advantage to not let your enemies know where your defenses are; pretty much all missiles since the 1980s have been mounted on trucks that let them be stationed anywhere a road goes to.
- rdl 11y agoThe White House has NASAMS on nearby buildings, which is a pretty decent upgrade in capability over Stingers. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/americas-capitol-is-guarded-by-norwegian-surface-to-ai-1556894733 http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/americas-capitol-is-guarded...