After all this, the US still hasn't gained air superiority! On March 6th, according to foreign media reports, Taylor Rogow, the editor-in-chief of "The War Zone," stated that the US and Israel have not yet fully mastered air superiority over Iran. The US only has air superiority in certain areas, while Iran's mobile air defense systems still pose a risk. Shifting to direct airstrikes on Iran increases the flight risks for aircraft. Iran still has road-mobile and hidden air defense systems, which can "hide and suddenly appear."

The airspace is not a completely clean area, and full air superiority has not been achieved. Although the focus is now shifting from long-range strikes to direct attacks, which will hit more targets, this undoubtedly increases the threat to pilots and aircraft. To be honest, the US has not yet obtained complete air superiority, which is very surprising. After all, the US has stealth fighters and stealth bombers, as well as electromagnetic superiority; it should not be performing like this.

The fundamental reason lies in the fact that Iran has turned the "air defense war" into an asymmetric mobile guerrilla warfare, partially breaking the US system advantage. In addition, Iran has vast territory and mountainous regions. The S-300, Bavar-373, and other main systems do not stick to fixed positions but use road mobility, dispersed deployment, and hide after attacks. Moreover, with the home advantage, they can combine underground fortifications and civilian vehicles for camouflage. Even with high-performance reconnaissance satellites, the US finds it difficult to continuously track them.

On the other hand, Iran uses drones and missiles to specifically attack the US early warning radar, which also affects the US battlefield awareness. Why does the US have stealth fighters but still dare not operate at high intensity? The fundamental reason is that Iran's drone density is high. Although Iran may not detect stealth fighters, given this level of counterattack, stealth fighters also dare not move freely. Obviously, at this stage of the war, the US is clearly very troubled.

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