2006-10-04 12:20:40 · 3 answers · asked by currysam22 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Basic tactics: if you control the air, you have a much easier time controlling the battlefield or ground. Your enemy will be trying to prevent you from achieving air superiority by shooting down your aircraft using his air defenses, which are either machine guns, either manual or radar guided; surface-to-air missiles, things like that.
So if you are going to achieve air superiority, the enemy air defenses must either be rendered inneffective (jamming the radars) or destroyed - in effect suppressing their effectiveness.
So Suppression of enemy air defenses means you are taking out your enemy's ability to defend his territory's airspace.
2006-10-04 12:31:14 · answer #1 · answered by Totsuwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEAD is a tactic or mission rather than a weapons system.
The first answer was great... you are simply suppressing the opponents ability to defend his airspace... whether his whole territory, or simply a corridor into and out of a target.
You can Jam, Spoof, or Eliminate his Radars... and then you just destroy his missiles or guns.
Aircraft involved in this mission are the EA-6B Prowler, F-16? (I forget which model, the F/A-18, and a variety of large special aircraft I can't recall off the top of my head.
Once, the F-4 Phantom was the best of the Wild Weasels !!
2006-10-04 15:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To do exactly as it says....... What is it you don't understand?
2006-10-04 15:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋