| ▲ | throwaway85825 11 hours ago |
| If you have updated satellite imagery and can hit the SAM with a cruise missile you don't need the B2. |
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| ▲ | somat 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The b-52's role on the modern battlefield is basically a cruise missile truck. It lets you launch a bunch of cruise missiles(cough, I mean kamikazi drones, gotta use the modern lingo) from random locations. |
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| ▲ | jonnybgood 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| One does not simply take out a SAM system with a cruise missile, especially when that SAM system can also target the cruise missile. So how do you get a cruise missile to launch from the right spot where the SAM system radar can’t see it coming? |
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| ▲ | runjake 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | By using low-observable ("stealth") cruise missiles that fly at extremely low altitudes using terrain avoidance radar. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | > using low-observable ("stealth") cruise missiles that fly at extremely low altitudes using terrain avoidance radar Do we have this class of anti-radiation weapon? | | |
| ▲ | AnimalMuppet 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'm pretty sure we have this class of cruise missile. It can be used as an anti-radiation weapon if you point it at a location that has a radar on it. If the radar is mobile, that means that you need a true anti-radiation missile, but SAM radars aren't mobile, are they? | | |
| ▲ | m4rtink 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure they are - the s300 system for example can be redployed quite rapidly & some like Buk have the radar even integrated with the launcher. Also only the radar really transmits, so even if you hit it the, separate launchers might still be intact & guided by another radar if you don't destroy them. This is why modern remotely guided middle strike drones are so dangerous for SAMs - they can basically search an area for all the SAM system components and destroy them all or most of them. Potentially much more effective than a homing missile hitting just the radar at maximum. |
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| ▲ | m4rtink 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Middle strike drone swarm is more likely in 2026 & as a bonus you can post the footage from it as a music video. |
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| ▲ | runjake 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Plot twist: some of the best precision cruise missiles are air-launched. |
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