True, if the loyalists are gracious enough to site the air defense batteries where we'd like them to be. Otherwise, arbitrarily declaring where we do and don't need to fly on the basis of the presence of ADA doesn't strike me as making much sense.
And - no. It's an issue for air superiority fighters engaging aircraft flying ground attack missions - to get them to break off or shoot them down in order to protect the civilians who might be living in what the loyalists decide to declare a target.That's only an issue for strike fighters which engage heavy ground combat systems in order to 'protect civilians'.
It's also an issue for air superiority fighters engaging the loyalists' air superiority fighters. No, I don't think the Libyan air force would or will pose a serious threat. But I also think that assuming that all the loyalists pilots are stupid, cowardly or lazy is not a Good Idea.
I agree that this whole adventure is poorly thought out, probably shouldn't have occurred and will almost certainly turn out badly (and I would be delighted to have events prove my assessment wrong). But there are a lot of better reasons and ways to challenge it than specious, information free argument by conjecture and supposition regarding whether or not to take out the opponents ADA before flying over his territory. Not doing so is a very stupid risk to run, and arguing that the risk should be taken isn't serious.
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