Hi nocutstoRAF (good handle;))
how you would go about countering an attack by stealthed strike fighters.
First , I think it is a very hard task .
One need a top notch C4s and a total airspace coverage (over the entire country) with multiple layers of different radar bands .
A good start is to have an Over The Horizon radar for early warning . It gives you more time to set something up .
OTHR arrays are very useful and while they are fixed “targets” , they are not easy to take out because they are usually very big , few square km , and taking out few “nodules” will only degrade the radar .
Low frequency radars , UHF and VHF radars and some others like TV and Cellphone passive radar receivers would be used to cover the EM “holes” where the stealth aircraft are hiding .
Thjs “radar-Net” would have to be closely linked with the usual radar coverage/SAM . It would also be good if it is highly mobile to try to counter the enemy satellite spying capabilities ~which are more often that not invaluable tools prior to a strike mission .
A good and very mobile system is the HA-100 :
It is a totally passive system using cellphone band , it can detect and track anything including stealth object at up to 100km . A 3 men team can set it up in an half-hour .
When one is quite confident that only a “Kligon” ship could pass undetected (a B2 as an example is not a “Kligon” ship) , you can start to put things in the air equipped with top notch ECMs , Optronics and IR sensors/missiles .
Equipped the fighter “light” . Your aim is to go fast not far away with a discrete RCS and to kill quickly the stealth striker fighter .
Use your SAMs before your fighters .
All of this is easy to say but hard to do .
(just my 2 euros)
Cheers .
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