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The defender in this scenario has a seriously disadvantage, in that the local SAM sites can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of t
by dodobirdlord 6y ago
The defender in this scenario has a seriously disadvantage, in that the local SAM sites can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one. A gun that would succeed in this scenario would be a massive technological leap. The US Navy uses gun-based anti-missile setups, but they are more of a last ditch sort of defense that can defeat a small number of incoming missiles by putting an absurd amount of bullets in their way.
- likeclockwork 6y agoThe plane is the attacker, unless someone invaded their home and put SAM sites everywhere while they were out.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago> can send many missiles at the same time, and the anti-missile suite of the plane has to defeat every single one. That's what makes unmanned planes special: It doesn't. It just has to force enough missiles to be fired that the missiles are more expensive/valuable than the plane when it ultimately gets shot down. (Value can be different from financial cost, depending on e.g. supply shortages, influence on the rest of the war, etc.)