Do you really see the USA risking its B-52s or B-2s in the skies over Ukraine? I don't think anyone would agree that the juice would be worth the squeeze.
Do you really see the USA risking its B-52s or B-2s in the skies over Ukraine? I don't think anyone would agree that the juice would be worth the squeeze.
B-2 stealth *may* be able to evade Russian integrated air defence. Maybe. F-16s? They'll get blown out of the sky for the reasons that simplicius has outlined above in this very post.
"Doctrinally that's how the US uses JDAM."
Do you really see the USA risking its B-52s or B-2s in the skies over Ukraine? I don't think anyone would agree that the juice would be worth the squeeze.
Not a chance. But, F16s can do it. And honestly who knows, the escalation is getting a bit out of control.
B-2 stealth *may* be able to evade Russian integrated air defence. Maybe. F-16s? They'll get blown out of the sky for the reasons that simplicius has outlined above in this very post.
The networked air defence of Russia sees stealth - they can not hide.
The Serb radars saw NATO "stealth" bombers twenty plus years ago.