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> Modern military aircraft fly too high for MANPADs (shoulder fired ones like Stinger)

Not if they're doing combat air support they don't, unless they only use precision guided munitions or cruise missiles, which are expensive.

This is why Russia is losing so many planes. They ran out of the good weapons, and so now they need to fly dangerously low to attack ground targets.

I really didnt think i would see this in in the current year. Jets arent cheap either after all. Thanks for the heads up.