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Can not see the drone and shoot it down using thermal camera or ir seeking missile
by pletnes · Oct 19, 2026
$13m is much more than the cost of ballistic missile like Iskander.
by ponector · Oct 19, 2026
> Soldiers move in 2D, missiles in 3D. Infantry troops still operate in 3D as they can/will direct mortars, air assets, etc. In general, what you laid out is a bit of an ap…
by O3marchnative · Oct 19, 2026
> you need to spend more than one defensive missile per attacking missile, because you might miss It's almost always the case that you'll expend more than one interceptor per in…
by O3marchnative · Oct 19, 2026
It's not that puzzling: Bush the elder took over a year to position forces to get Iraq out of Kuwait. He knew enough to look at a map and figure that Iraq is on the other side o…
by Zigurd · Oct 19, 2026
You are mixing up your facts. Patriots are primarily being use against ballistic missiles, not Shahed drones. Shahed type drones are killed with APKWS missiles. A single fighter…
by jandrewrogers · Oct 19, 2026
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A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket engine. Read more on Wikipedia