USAF shifts lethal SEAD focus to preemptive weapons

The U.S. Air Force wants to move away from reactive lethal suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) and instead take the initiative by preemptively engaging targets, AF officials said. The reactive engagement is a hold-over from the Vietnam era when this was "the best we could do," Maj. Don Lunde...

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