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This "system" mostly consists of men on duty with MANPADS. They either shoot the missile down or, if they don't manage to because it flies overhead too quickly,
by anovikov 4y ago
This "system" mostly consists of men on duty with MANPADS. They either shoot the missile down or, if they don't manage to because it flies overhead too quickly, call the next guy in the direction it flew to, informing them that a missile is incoming for that direction (it will be a short time, 1-2 minutes). So the next guy will be fully prepared and knows where to look. That simple.
If missiles flew too high for MANPADS, they'd be very easily shot down by proper SAMs or fighters, they survive by flying under the radar.
- ISL 4y agoSounds like a pretty good system.
- anovikov 4y agoIt is. It's also one Russians can't probably do anything about.
- viraptor 4y agoWell "automated" deserves some quotes. The main point was "can they be more ready and more efficient the next time", whether "automated" means automatic response, or something beeping at a person with a launcher, or more people with MANPADs.
- anovikov 4y agoIt's not like "next time". This is not an unprecedented attack. Russians simply launched a week's worth of missiles in one hour. That's what they can produce + restore from Soviet stocks. There is no "escalation" in that sense, they simply caused "shock and awe" by concentrating everything they normally shoot in a week, in one salvo.
- rjtavares 4y agoHere's a good video with an example (from today, I think): https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1579433935075147777 https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1579433935075147777
- anovikov 4y agoYes that's about how it works. Around a 100 of these groups of 3-4 guys strategically placed all over Ukraine is enough to ensure ~50% losses of those missiles. Less if they are given a pickup truck so they can move ~10km laterally in ~10 min.