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To: sukhoi-30mki

After a thousand cruise missiles hit the radar and SAM missile sites, the aircraft can come in.


17 posted on 10/06/2014 7:24:09 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

“After a thousand cruise missiles hit the radar and SAM missile sites, the aircraft can come in.”

That’s a nice thought, except these radars are mobile and don’t emit a signal. That rules out the HARM type anti-radar missiles. Mobility means they have to be found before they can be destroyed.

All that said, B-2s, F-22s and F-35s shouldn’t be emitting anything detectable on a regular basis. Air-to-air missiles can be cued by AWACS, or a different F-22 further away from the area of engagement. IR missiles, of course, require no radar emission at all. Another point is that satellite comms are directional, so the plane wouldn’t be radiating towards the radars to use those.


18 posted on 10/06/2014 7:52:53 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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