It doesnt. Modern military aircraft fly too high for MANPADs (shoulder fired ones like Stinger). You require actual air defense systems, and new ones at that. Extremely pricey, restricted and very big.

I would also argue that the advantages of tanks no longer apply when you face anything but non state backed rebels, especially in urban environment. Syria showed it rather well with the few TOWs that the US provided to the rebels.

With drones it became check mate. All they are are giant defenseless targets, just look at Azerbaijan. They are not much use for anything but crushing civilians.

> 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.