"Eunometic" wrote in message
om...

What seems to give the B52 a great deal of protection is that it can
fly so very high. Only the largest of SAMS can reach that height. IE
SA6/Hawke missiles are not up to it. It needs a S300/S400 class
missile.

Eh? I-hawk has a ceiling of some 58K feet--do you really see the BUFF
operating higher than that?

Brooks