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It appears that missiles > tanks I do wonder about active defenses, like the Trophy system mentioned in the article. If these defenses can bring down missiles
by swagasaurus-rex 5y ago
It appears that missiles > tanks
I do wonder about active defenses, like the Trophy system mentioned in the article. If these defenses can bring down missiles reliably, we could easily see a shift back to tank > missiles.
One thing these active defense systems will never solve for is kinetic weapons. Large enough shells can't be intercepted, only avoided.
- jerlam 5y agoIsrael's Iron Fist has stopped a tank round, in testing: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/iav-2020-elbits-iron-fist-engages-kinetic-energy-round https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/iav-2020-elbi...
- oldgradstudent 5y ago> Large enough shells can't be intercepted, only avoided. Even large armor-piercing shells require sophisticated electronics to correctly time the explosion. These may be defeated by EW. Proximity fuses, for example, are just simple radars. Supposedly, the Russians were are able to defend against artillery by jamming or spoofing proximity fuses with EW in Ukraine.