After all, the side that controls air supremacy also holds the dominance in information, having ample methods to locate the hidden enemy and deliver devastating strikes.
As for the field air defense system that the Fan Army had high hopes for, under the electromagnetic suppression and aerial strikes of the Empire Air Force, it basically became just for show.
Take the "Sidewinder" air defense system procured from Locke for example, with a range of only over 10 kilometers and an altitude of only a few kilometers, during the 5-day high-intensity battle, the several "Sidewinder" air defense systems deployed near Udaipur not only failed to shoot down a single Alliance Army fighter but were instead targeted by the Alliance Army's air defense suppression fighters, resulting in at least dozens of launchers being destroyed by anti-radiation missiles.
Because the losses were so severe, the Fan Army air defense units later simply gave up resistance.
