Originally Posted by
wondering
Wouldn´t drop aircraft be easy prey to even a medium skilled air defense system? Panama, Haiti, Afghanistan etc were certainly not at the same skill and equipment level we are potentially facing in the east. Those were not near peer conflicts.
This has been the case since the start of military paradrops, which is why SEAD etc is such an important factor in the planning. Even with Air Superiority any Air insertion is risky, it's the nature of the mission.