If you go over 3000m then manpads are not useful I think.

Sure, but there are videos of US war planes strafing, like that near hit clip.

Yeah I have seen the clip with Iran polices firing at the UH-60s, which is very concerning. Sure SIGINT makes sure there is no serious AD but there is no way to guarantee that there is no MANPADs somewhere close.

	▲	verdverm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Which is why any "adventures" that involve boots on the ground will come with a significant rise in US casualties. Few Americans have likely seen the videos from the Russian Invasion, of what modern war with $1000 quadcopters dropping grenades on terrified soldiers looks like.