Before you can target something, you have to be aware, that there is something to target at all and where to look in a given moment. The range of MANPADS is limited. 😉
Completly agreed,
in my mind, full-loaded MQ-9 for exemple, despite safety flight-level, can’t be called “stealth” for instance…
May I enlarge my question to air to air assests and include IR or IIR AAM ?
And what about the IRSTS logged on many 4+ gen’ fighters ?