| It was a book that juggled with what were at the time a lot of unknowns but yeah, if you did manage to knock out the enemy AWACs, this could give you a crucial advantage.
Again, if air superiority is a huge issue for both sides, heavily armored, low flying aircraft could have a window to operate in. SAM would have an easier time in fact targeting higher flying interceptors than low flying A-10s.
And I know that SAM crews during war relocate but SEAD can be conducted (and probably is when neccessary) not as a standalone mission but as an escort mission. Moving every hour won't do it. The instant the targeting radar is turned on at a distance meaningful in engaging the incoming aircraft, the HARM system on the Wild Weasel birds will pick it up and a lot of hurt will be on the way.
Plus you are assuming that Russian and American Air capability is the same, which it is not. American air capability trumps Russian capability in almost every category. |