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I have been watching the warfare via several Telegram channels and observe how important drone warfare now is. I watched 5 $10M Abrams tanks destroyed by $500 F
by kornhole 2y ago
I have been watching the warfare via several Telegram channels and observe how important drone warfare now is. I watched 5 $10M Abrams tanks destroyed by $500 FPV drones. Close combat on troops is also conducted with drones with remarkable precision. We don't know how much of the targeting and execution by Russia is automated verses manual, but many experts in this field agree that Russia's technical capability is at parity and sometimes exceeds NATO's such as hypersonic missiles.
- exhilaration 2y agoI thought Russia's hypersonic missiles were a failure, with the Ukrainians shooting them down with 30 year old Patriot missiles? There were a lot of articles about it last year, here's one: https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/09/what-ukraines-shoot-down-hypersonic-missile-patriot-says-about-future-weapons/390498/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/09/what-ukraines-...
- kornhole 2y agoThat was fake news. https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/05/14/confirmed-ukraine-lying-about-taking-down-hypersonic-missile/ https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/05/14/confirmed-ukraine-ly... Additionally, Iran claims that Israel did not intercept any of the hypersonic missiles they fired at Israel. NATO does not possess any hypersonic missiles. Some people might say that NATO is keeping them secret, but that makes no sense. Nations exhibit their technologies as a deterrent.
- kornhole 2y agoFurther explanation of how it is impossible for a Patriot missile to intercept a Kinzhal. https://sputnikglobe.com/20230510/fact-check-ukraine-didnt-shoot-down-russias-kinzhal-hypersonic-missile-1110235332.html https://sputnikglobe.com/20230510/fact-check-ukraine-didnt-s...
- blue_pants 2y agoThose are not credible sources. From the theinteldrop link: "several sources within the Russian military and defense industry told the newspaper Izvestia on Saturday" From the sputnikglobe link: "Moscow-based military expert Alexey Leonkov told Sputnik"
- kornhole 2y agoWhat makes these sources not credible in your mind? I have not observed them reporting anything incorrectly. They are citing military experts who know the technical capabilities of these weapons and defense systems. If you want to refute what they say, show how a slower Patriot missile could target and intercept a much faster mach 5 missile. It is basic physics without getting deeply into rocket science.
- fennecbutt 2y ago"Military experts" != engineers and physicists (usually).
- hackerlight 2y agoPalmer Luckey says Russia's Kinzhal is not a hypersonic glide vehicle so it's not that hard to intercept, unlike what China can field.