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> It actually works pretty well As long as you don't look at the receipts yes, technically it works very well, in every other aspect it's a massive waste of re

by lm28469 7mo ago

> It actually works pretty well As long as you don't look at the receipts yes, technically it works very well, in every other aspect it's a massive waste of resource and money.

lukan 7mo ago
The war in itself? For sure, but if a million dollar rocket saves a billion dollar radar system against a 50.000 drone, it still seems working as intended.
- lm28469 7mo ago
  10+ radars have been destroyed, I'm not sure which ones were "saved" https://abcnews.com/International/us-allied-radar-sites-middle-east-struck-10/story?id=131164670 https://abcnews.com/International/us-allied-radar-sites-midd...
  - dmix 7mo ago
    That doesn't say 10+ radars have been destroyed. It says radar sites have been attacked 10 times across 7 locations in 6 countries, with some damaged and some destroyed. This biggest loss was the mobile THAAD radar in Jordan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/TPY-2_transportable_radar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/TPY-2_transportable_radar There's also evidence they hit a building in Saudi Arabia containing a AN/TPY-2 but it's not clear if it was damaged Plus a couple videos of fixed radomes getting hit by drones Defending against ballistic missiles is well known to not be perfect, even against Iran's lest sophisticated missiles it's very difficult. But the high end missile systems are worth trying. The main problem is the lack of cheap drone interceptors which has been a blaring siren since Ukraine war started that the US neglected by not treating it as an emergency.
    - cpursley 7mo ago
      C-RAM radars - at least one US embassy was hit with an elcheapo drone as well, rendering it useless. Thats a legit problem and was only possible because they took out most of the important ballistics radars first.
      - dmix 7mo ago
        How would a THAAD in Jordan help stop drones in Iraq? That's not the only radar they operate. The C-RAM was in Baghdad, the high end radars hit were in the other gulf states. The CWIS is probably the best anti-drone tool the US has but they have far too little of them and can get overwhelmed. They should have listened to Ukraine.

by lm28469 7mo ago

> It actually works pretty well As long as you don't look at the receipts yes, technically it works very well, in every other aspect it's a massive waste of resource and money.

lukan 7mo ago

The war in itself? For sure, but if a million dollar rocket saves a billion dollar radar system against a 50.000 drone, it still seems working as intended.

lm28469 7mo ago
10+ radars have been destroyed, I'm not sure which ones were "saved" https://abcnews.com/International/us-allied-radar-sites-middle-east-struck-10/story?id=131164670 https://abcnews.com/International/us-allied-radar-sites-midd...
- dmix 7mo ago
  That doesn't say 10+ radars have been destroyed. It says radar sites have been attacked 10 times across 7 locations in 6 countries, with some damaged and some destroyed. This biggest loss was the mobile THAAD radar in Jordan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/TPY-2_transportable_radar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/TPY-2_transportable_radar There's also evidence they hit a building in Saudi Arabia containing a AN/TPY-2 but it's not clear if it was damaged Plus a couple videos of fixed radomes getting hit by drones Defending against ballistic missiles is well known to not be perfect, even against Iran's lest sophisticated missiles it's very difficult. But the high end missile systems are worth trying. The main problem is the lack of cheap drone interceptors which has been a blaring siren since Ukraine war started that the US neglected by not treating it as an emergency.
  - cpursley 7mo ago
    C-RAM radars - at least one US embassy was hit with an elcheapo drone as well, rendering it useless. Thats a legit problem and was only possible because they took out most of the important ballistics radars first.
    - dmix 7mo ago
      How would a THAAD in Jordan help stop drones in Iraq? That's not the only radar they operate. The C-RAM was in Baghdad, the high end radars hit were in the other gulf states. The CWIS is probably the best anti-drone tool the US has but they have far too little of them and can get overwhelmed. They should have listened to Ukraine.