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11 INTERCEPTORS FAILED TO INTERCEPT 1 IRANIAN MISSILE - watch this!
46 minutes ago
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11 INTERCEPTORS FAILED TO INTERCEPT 1 IRANIAN MISSILE - watch this!
46 minutes ago
Its like a B-52, but better!What's a B-53? Not familiar with that aircraft type.
Interesting @RescueRanger can verify!!
Am going to get this straight...4. There is indeed limited air superiority.
Persistent rumors of a UAE-Pakistan rift, as Pakistan is told to repay a $3.5 billion debt. The two countries are said to now be arguing over Iran. Islamabad apparently taking a softer stance, and the UAE looking for a forceful military response to Tehran's attacks on it.
Source: Umar Farooq Data reporter at Bloomberg
I think what Iran is presenting is a classic case of asymmetric warfare. To your point...this is about air force on air force and ground based air defence. This is the traditional doctrine of western forces adopted by and large by many others and so we classify them as conventional capability.Am going to get this straight...
Air Dominance: The ability of an air force to compel other air forces to re-array themselves, usually into subordinate postures.
Air Superiority: The ability of an air force to achieve control of contested airspace(s), repeatedly if necessary, and if there are losses, those losses would not pose a statistical deterrence to that ability.
Air Supremacy: He flies, he dies.
The clear indicator here is air force vs air force.
There are two ways you can lose an air attacker, be it a fighter or a bomber: against the opposing air force, or against ground based defense.
We can eliminate the Iranian air force as cause of our air losses. The best way to defeat enemy air force is to destroy them while they are on the ground.
Ground based air defense is the last line of defense. Ground based air defense is when the enemy is literally over you. Ground based air defense is REACTIVE while an air force is PROACTIVE/PREEMPTIVE. Ground based air defense CANNOT carry the fight to the enemy but an air force can. Do you understand?
Like it or not, the US owns Iranian airspace. Any Iranian airplane flies, he dies. Simple as that.