The article contains a reminder of past events
The United States and its allies have not operated in airspace as contested as Ukraine’s since the Vietnam War. Over the skies of Vietnam the US would lose over 10,000 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to Soviet-made air defenses employed by Vietnam’s armed forces.
while conceding that things have changed and "the rapid maneuver warfare utilized by US-led forces in Iraq" no longer works
Sector2 0 points 8 months ago
In the past couple days, we've seen 2 or 3 Patriot systems destroyed by missile strikes. Both the radar and the launchers got toasted. When an air defence system can't defend itself from air attacks, there's a problem.