Suppression of enemy air defense
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Suppression of enemy air defense, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, is an activity that neutralizes, destroys, or temporarily degrades surface-based enemy air defenses by destructive and/or disruptive means."[1]
In practice, SEAD involves multiple levels of deception with drones or electronic warfare, electronic countermeasures against the air defense electronics, long-range anti-radiation (ARM) missiles that home on radars, and bombing or other physical attacks on land- and sea-based air defenses. Deception may have the purpose of tricking the enemy into turning on radars so they can be targeted.
SEAD also includes direct attack on enemy fighters in the air or on the ground.
References
- ↑ US Department of Defense (12 July 2007), Joint Publication 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Retrieved on 2007-10-01