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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
by nine_k 8mo 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 8mo agoI 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 8mo agoPAC-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 8mo 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.