Oh, don't get snarky. "Functional" air defence, whatever. It's just worth to filter out anything with the kind of air defence that's just dude with a machine-gun shooting in the air or something that wasn't operational or whatever.
Providing an example is always good for a substantial discussion.
> You should probably provide a timeline because I would just give examples from World War II or something and that would effectively "prove you wrong".
I don't suppose it's worth discussing anything that cannot be relatively safely considered as "modern warfare".
> which is incorrect, as you know
I don't, that's why I am asking.
> the US can launch missiles and take out air defence elements
Air defence is kinda also supposed to protect from missiles.
> the US has developed weapons platforms that can do so
Are you implying hypersonic missiles? They are relatively new and poorly tested, not even in serial production AFAIK.
Oh, don't get snarky. "Functional" air defence, whatever. It's just worth to filter out anything with the kind of air defence that's just dude with a machine-gun shooting in the air or something that wasn't operational or whatever.
Providing an example is always good for a substantial discussion.
> You should probably provide a timeline because I would just give examples from World War II or something and that would effectively "prove you wrong".
I don't suppose it's worth discussing anything that cannot be relatively safely considered as "modern warfare".
> which is incorrect, as you know
I don't, that's why I am asking.
> the US can launch missiles and take out air defence elements
Air defence is kinda also supposed to protect from missiles.
> the US has developed weapons platforms that can do so
Are you implying hypersonic missiles? They are relatively new and poorly tested, not even in serial production AFAIK.