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Asymmetric warfare, a concept that costed the USA a few trillions before. A patient observer of the war in Ukraine could have updated some war doctrines. If you

Asymmetric warfare, a concept that costed the USA a few trillions before. A patient observer of the war in Ukraine could have updated some war doctrines. If you are an American tax payer, I would understand it if you were banging your head on the table right now. These flying lawn mowers are perfect for a Denial of Dollar (DoD) attack.

thewebguyd 7mo ago
> A patient observer of the war in Ukraine could have updated some war doctrines. A patient observer? Any random idiot of the street that cares to watch the news occasionally could've figured that out. > If you are an American tax payer, I would understand it if you were banging your head on the table right now Oh I am, and my representatives hear from me very, very often. Unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears. Seemingly no one around me cares, and our leaders certainly don't. I feel like I'm going insane and living in some kind of weird bizzaro world.
- blooalien 7mo ago
  > I feel like I'm going insane and living in some kind of weird bizzaro world. You're (probably) not going insane. Much of humanity's leadership is going insane, and their cult-like worshippers are right there with them. You're just bein' the "odd man out" tryin' to stay sane in a crazy world ruled by crazy people with way too much money and power.
nine_k 7mo ago
Shooting Patriots at flying lawn mowers (I suppose you mean Shaheds, Gerberas, and the like) is crazy. Patriots are key to shooting down ballistic missiles. To the best of my knowledge, the explosives-laden lawn mowers flying over Ukraine are mostly destroyed by cannon fire from the ground, cannon / machine-gun fire from aircraft (including converted GA aircraft), and interceptor drones. I expect the US armed forces to be testing oodles of various cheap drones by now. E.g. the US has used Shahed-lookalike drones while attacking Iran recently.
- verdverm 7mo ago
  I believe THAAD is for ballistic Patroits for cruise missiles and jets Other for one way suicide drones I'm unsure if Ukraine has used patroits against ballistics. My understanding is that is a low count in the Russian mix. Cruise missiles and jets are their primary targets in Ukraine (aiui)
  - pavlus 7mo ago
    PAC-3s are definitely used against ballistics, and russians are making more ballistics now than ever with China's equipment. Drones and ballistics. Cruise missiles can be intercepted by much more simple systems, including fighter jets, and Ukraine never got THAAD.
- exceptione 7mo ago
  > flying lawn mowers (I suppose you mean Shaheds, Gerberas, and the like) Yes, tbf, the current variants have more advanced engines than the earlier ones, but still cheap and mass-producible.

thewebguyd 7mo ago

> A patient observer of the war in Ukraine could have updated some war doctrines. A patient observer? Any random idiot of the street that cares to watch the news occasionally could've figured that out. > If you are an American tax payer, I would understand it if you were banging your head on the table right now Oh I am, and my representatives hear from me very, very often. Unfortunately, it falls on deaf ears. Seemingly no one around me cares, and our leaders certainly don't. I feel like I'm going insane and living in some kind of weird bizzaro world.

blooalien 7mo ago
> I feel like I'm going insane and living in some kind of weird bizzaro world. You're (probably) not going insane. Much of humanity's leadership is going insane, and their cult-like worshippers are right there with them. You're just bein' the "odd man out" tryin' to stay sane in a crazy world ruled by crazy people with way too much money and power.

nine_k 7mo ago

Shooting Patriots at flying lawn mowers (I suppose you mean Shaheds, Gerberas, and the like) is crazy. Patriots are key to shooting down ballistic missiles. To the best of my knowledge, the explosives-laden lawn mowers flying over Ukraine are mostly destroyed by cannon fire from the ground, cannon / machine-gun fire from aircraft (including converted GA aircraft), and interceptor drones. I expect the US armed forces to be testing oodles of various cheap drones by now. E.g. the US has used Shahed-lookalike drones while attacking Iran recently.

verdverm 7mo ago
I believe THAAD is for ballistic Patroits for cruise missiles and jets Other for one way suicide drones I'm unsure if Ukraine has used patroits against ballistics. My understanding is that is a low count in the Russian mix. Cruise missiles and jets are their primary targets in Ukraine (aiui)
- pavlus 7mo ago
  PAC-3s are definitely used against ballistics, and russians are making more ballistics now than ever with China's equipment. Drones and ballistics. Cruise missiles can be intercepted by much more simple systems, including fighter jets, and Ukraine never got THAAD.
exceptione 7mo ago
> flying lawn mowers (I suppose you mean Shaheds, Gerberas, and the like) Yes, tbf, the current variants have more advanced engines than the earlier ones, but still cheap and mass-producible.