Salute!
Well, Viz, ya think there are no longer functioning air defense units left? Ya think they are advertising?
Until today or yesterday I watched a Turkish AWACS in orbit last three or four weeks, as well as Saudi SAAB EW plane orbiting west of the Gulf.
No harm in decoys, as you noted, and maybe there are many? Plus, homing on RF is better for those than pure electro-optical.
Gums recalls Red Flag and Hanoi missions...