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> Patriot battery fired 32 missiles against incoming targets[1], but got hit nonetheless This phrasing suggests that the only objective that Patriot had was to
by golergka 3y ago
> Patriot battery fired 32 missiles against incoming targets[1], but got hit nonetheless
This phrasing suggests that the only objective that Patriot had was to defend itself, which it failed. However, Patriot system in question was also tasked with defending a lot of critical objects in Kiyv, all of which have not been hit.
Any system can be saturated and overrun. To make an honest assessment, we need to know exactly how many Patriot systems were on the ground, and how many targets were they tasked to protect.
- wazoox 3y agoThe Patriot certainly is defending some potential target, however it also requires systems to protect the Patriot itself from various kinds of weapons. Air defence is extremely complex and layered when you have to be able to intercept 15000$ drones flying at 150km/h, subsonic cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and gliding bombs of various types and speed, and super/hypersonic cruise missiles.