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PAC-3 MSE can take down Iskanders. Not a very favorable exchange rate when you fire 2-3 per Iskander, but still doable. If NATO was fighting Russia, launch air
by greedo 2mo ago
PAC-3 MSE can take down Iskanders. Not a very favorable exchange rate when you fire 2-3 per Iskander, but still doable.
If NATO was fighting Russia, launch aircraft (and airbases) would be prime targets. Ukraine fights the way it does because of very limited funds and resources.
- epolanski 2mo agoNot really, interception success rate fell from 37% to 7% as Iskanders got upgraded.
- tim333 2mo agoSoftware upgrades too - just make them fly a somewhat random path.
- greedo 2mo agoBallistic missiles have limited maneuverability, and what little they do is not very significant for a system like Patriot PAC3-MSE.
- tim333 2mo ago>During flight it can maneuver at different altitudes and trajectories and can pull up to 20 to 30 G to evade anti-ballistic missiles. https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/9K720_Iskander https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/9K720_Iskander >Russia’s Iskander-M ‘Game-Changer’ Dodges Patriot in Final Seconds, Rewriting Ukraine’s Missile-Defence War https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/russia-iskander-m-terminal-maneuvers-patriot-ukraine-missile-defence/ https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/russia-iskander-m-termina...
- greedo 2mo agoUkraine had to become extremely parsimonious with their Patriot use as supplied dwindled to a fraction. In many cases Ukraine simply chose not to engage unless the Kinzal/Iskanders were optimally detected and attacking a significant target. And the upgrades really weren't much except adding decoys that had always been an option with Iskander. Now that worldwide inventories of PAC3-MSE are almost non-existent, Russia will push its MIRBM attacks over the next year or more. Ukraine really doesn't have many options other than to continuing their drone offensive against deep targets in Russia.