I was browsing the stands at the news agency the other day and saw the latest editon of "Defence Today". I would never buy that rubbish but I speed read pretty well and I like to amuse myself by ready Carlo Kopp's articles without putting any money into his pocket. In this he had one about the "shoot and scoot" SAM threat, which basically went like this:
1. Advanced mobile Russian SAM's have radars that are hard to detect and neutralise using current ESM/ECM equipment on the likes of the EF-18F.
2. The sites will be protected by 30mm autocannon and short range SAM's that can shoot down a HARM missile in flight (!!!), neutralising Western SEAD capabilities.
3. The F-35 is effectively "neutered" against this thread (he didn't say why).
4. The only modern aircraft types that can survive are the F-22 and the B-2.
Does this idiot every give up? |