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I think the parent just tried to demonstrate what the "arm race" really mean. I.e. they just countered your hypothetical with another one. As for the the Russi
by woobar 3y ago
I think the parent just tried to demonstrate what the "arm race" really mean. I.e. they just countered your hypothetical with another one.
As for the the Russians, they clearly shown that spending tons of munitions to make holes in the open fields is not really efficient. [1] Ukrainians on the other hand are pretty successful in counter-battery fire using US (sic!) systems. See HIMARS, for instance.
[1] https://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20220617&t=2&i=1602124488&w=780 https://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20220617&t=2...
- paganel 3y ago> See HIMARS, for instance. HIMARS has started to successfully being jammed by the Russians lately [1]: > Russia has been thwarting US-made mobile rocket systems in Ukraine more frequently in recent months, using electronic jammers to throw off its GPS guided targeting system to cause rockets to miss their targets, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. which probably should have been deserving of its own HN submission. [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/russia-jamming-himars-rockets-ukraine/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/russia-jamming-h...