Isn't bombing SAM defended airfields awfully dangerous? I thought we had chosen not to do that after GW1? If I were Johnny Foeigner with a mind to use these things I would be inclined to pre-empt by letting them loose before the GRs even got to my airfield. That assumes also that you have the intel to know I have the weapons them in the first place. The SS-N-26 is just one of a family of weapons which post Shar render us less capable to deal with. The AMRAAM brochure says it has a look down capability against aircraft and missiles.