::::The USAF developed the Wild Weasel concept in 1965 during the Vietnam War after Soviet SAMs began downing American strike aircraft participating in Operation Rolling Thunder over North Vietnam.::::
I know you're a Navy man, but the National Museum of the US Air Force, Wright-Patt, Dayton, OH has an excellent display in their SE Asia section on the Wild Weasel technique. It took big brass balls to tease the enemy's SAM missile system's vulnerabilities and turn around and destroy those sites.
The Navy dealt with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) mission a bit differently than the Air Force.
During Vietnam, this mission was undertaken by the EA-6B Prowler.
Here is a Prowler carrying an AGM-45 Shrike.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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