 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Operation Linebacker IIyakatanga zvakafanana Linebacker I maererano SEAD unyanzvi asi akanga kunoshamisa nokuti pakatanga B-52 Stratofortress bhomba ari kudzivirira-kutsikirira basa. Munguva yokutanga chikamu oparesheni, mubatanidzwa yakaipa tactical basa uye kunyanyisa chivimbo pamusoro chikamu Strategic Air Command kwakaguma nokurasikirwa vanoverengeka B-52s kuna SA-2 zvombo, zvakakwana kumanikidza rethink sei kudzivisa muvengi mhepo kudzivirira. Chikamu chekupedzisira cheLinebacker II pakupedzisira chakaona kuedza kwakabatanidzwa kwakaitwa kudzvinyirira North Vietnamese IADS yese uye zvakanyanya kuderedza kurasikirwa kwakatambura. Chombo chimwe bedzi cheSA-2 pamakomba ose makumi matanhatu namasere akapfurwa chakaparira kubudirira, mwero wakaderera zvikurusa wehondo yose. Maitiro eSEA anoratidzwa pakupera kweLinebacker II, anosanganisira musanganiswa wekunzwisisa kwechinyakare kweSEAD nehondo yemagetsi uye C3 countermeasures, yakaisa hwaro hwekusimudzira mune ramangwana. 