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Unless two piece multicrew manpads become possible, or air-breathers without onboard guidance or something like that - there is no way they'd have the kinetic performance to actually catch a modern fighter - unless it is flying nape of the earth (which exposes your 5th generation jet to volume fire)...The only situation where it could happen is if the attempt to suppress long range SAMs and fighters has failed miserable and the aircraft can't penetrate enemy airspace any other way - even then - maintaining high subsonic speed should defeat almost all manpads (even if one is on the deck).
Unless two piece multicrew manpads become possible, or air-breathers without onboard guidance or something like that - there is no way they'd have the kinetic performance to actually catch a modern fighter - unless it is flying nape of the earth (which exposes your 5th generation jet to volume fire)...
The only situation where it could happen is if the attempt to suppress long range SAMs and fighters has failed miserable and the aircraft can't penetrate enemy airspace any other way - even then - maintaining high subsonic speed should defeat almost all manpads (even if one is on the deck).
