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Israel Is Running Low on Defensive Interceptors, Official Says (www.wsj.com)
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[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 43 points 2 weeks ago

This was inevitable given the economics of cheap missile vs expensive anti-missile missile, especially if/when it takes multiple interceptors to take down one incoming missile. Bespoke wunderweapons are more or less fine and good if you get to use them in limited or relatively controlled circumstances (ex defending against smaller barrages from Gaza/Lebanon) but the second they're faced with significant opposition from a peer enemy then you find out why quantity has a quality all of it's own

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

It's kind of insane that every hardkill system designed so far fails at either "what if you just throw a bit of rubbish at it first" or "what if there's more than one missile"

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago

I feel that they never expected that an organized state fought back.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

So long as these interceptions have to rely on physical ammunition and all of the limitations that entails the attacker will always have the advantage. If you can only launch X number of interceptors even if you have a 100% success rate all it takes to defeat it is launching X+Y missiles and you know Y number of missiles will get through. And since simple missiles are always going to be cheaper than expensive interceptors you're almost guaranteed to be able to defeat defence systems provided you have the capability to launch enough rockets

[-] martin4598@lemm.ee -3 points 2 weeks ago

That´s the missile warfare equivalent of a meat wave attack: throw in more bodies than the enemy has bullets. Russian style.

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That was CIA/Ukraine propaganda

It's what Ukraine was doing. Russia has like 1 death to every 10 of Ukraine's

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nazi Propaganda, in fact. "Asiatic Hordes" overcoming "Brave German Super Soldiers"

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

IF I were China I'd Be sending so very very many Machine Parts to Iran rn. And if I were Iran I'd be keeping my hypersonic powder dry and launching a steady stream of shit tier drones.

[-] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

Drones don't get close enough (or fly high enough) to trigger inceptors, but they DO get the entity's fighter jets (that take 4-12 man hours to maintain per hour of flight) to scramble.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Depends on the drone in question, and some people have developed "semi-decoys" that are basically fixed wing drones or cheap cruise missiles that have enough payload to not be ignorable but also are screens for the hypersonics and more powerful munitions.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

did-someone

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

Nelson from The Simpsons pointing and saying "Ha, ha!"

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

che-smile

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

Thots and playas to the nasty ass hustlas of pissrael.

[-] moss_icon@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

lol

[-] Civility@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

😔

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

this with the shipments from the US directly before they decided to launch their attack? color me surprised.

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