It does come off as a wasteful arms race but I think it&#x27;s a bit much to call it totally useless due to theoretical weaknesses and occasional spotting. You clearly are more involved in this area so can probably answer, &quot;Did they track the planes the whole mission or just get a glimpse of them on the way with long-range radar?&quot; If the former, your claim is right and they&#x27;re blown out of the sky by any non-3rd world country. If the latter, then they lack a full element of surprise but otherwise hit a local target with little opportunity to react.<p>Anti-stealth tech being sold by Russia, etc might change the situation with wide deployment <i>if</i> they&#x27;re effective and quick response. Otherwise, it would seem stealth is still useful for hit and run attacks on key targets with less risk than easy to track and lock aircraft.