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Likely more effective than youd expect. Less effective than he'd like
Against US planes? No. Even networked aa has a hard time seeing stealth planes. Our typical operation is to preprogram hard sites and destroy them with stealth bombers at extreme range. Then we come back with f15s and hammer mobile sites, then you have air superiority and there wouldn't be much for them to do about it.
Yeah, that's what Saddam thought too. He also had thousands upon thousands of Russian Air Defense missiles. Turns out their best use is as targets for US forces.
I ain't cheering this horseshit either. I'm deeply against what Trump is doing against Venezuela but the reality is those Russian Air Defense missiles may as well be hot air balloons.