What does SEAD stand for?

Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The squadron operates four ICAP II EA-6B Prowlers and specializes in suppression of enemy air defenses and electronic attack.

Tactical Support Wing: extending Naval Aviation's reach

The Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a multirole aircraft, able to perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum, including air superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, maritime strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and tanker missions.

United Kingdom: Boeing Receives Contract to Develop, Test Distributed ...

interdiction, suppression of enemy air defenses [SEAD], or CAS) become difficult, if not impossible, to execute.

Shifting the Air Force's support ideology to exploit combined arms in ...

Most experts, however, agree the future Air Force will be a mix of both manned and unmanned aircraft, with the remote planes doing dirty details like flying into chemical contaminated environments, and long endurance reconnaissance and suppression of enemy air defenses missions.

Future flight

``Ten years hence, DoD (Department of Defense) will probably be operating F-16-size UAVs capable of supporting a variety of combat and combat support missions, including suppression of enemy air defenses, electronic attack, and possibility of deep strike interdiction,'' the report said.

BOOST FOR UNMANNED CRAFT PENTAGON PLANS CALL FOR TRIPLING AMOUNT ...

Moreover, the Air Force would concentrate on the suppression of enemy air defenses and establishing air superiority.

From revolution to transformation: the state of the field. (Military ...

Under the current AEA doctrine, the Navy is primarily responsible for the EW mission and the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD).

U.S. Electronic Warfare Spending Driven by Improvised Explosive ...

While flying offensive counterair suppression of enemy air defenses missions, the F-22s become a strike platform, targeting advanced surface-to-air missile threats by using the fighter' s key advantages of stealth, super cruise and advanced integrated avionics.

United States: F-22s Deploy to Guam