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So like abandoning children in the wild? And boy love? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world
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[+] -14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What defeat? Iran has no conventional air power and the Russian air defenses are worthless.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Air defenses in general are worthless. That's why Israel and the Gulf states are getting wrecked.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Correct, I suspect because we are in the age of drones. Makes me wonder why my country, Canada, still bothers with the rigmarole of procuring fighter jets.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Drone swarms are one thing, but I think the real problem is hypersonic or maneuverable missiles. Iran and Russia both have hypersonic missiles that can come in at weird terminal trajectories. Air defenses have real trouble stopping these.

    And if that fails, well, there's always cluster munitions. What's $4m a pop Patriot missiles going to do when it's 20-80 bomblets falling down?

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