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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Buk is 50km, but s300 already over 100 and s400 does 400km range. And for even shorter range you have pantsir and shilka.

But indeed, so much real estate. And the refineries are very vulnerable.

Can you imagine.. at this development pace in a year suck a plane will carry 10 autonomous drones with thermite charges that deploy on target and spread even more chaos.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The asymmetry between the cost of defense vs. offense here is absurd.

The operation of air defense networks, missiles, and fighter jet interceptions, all to try to down kit aircraft costing less than the average Porsche sports car. Fancy-pantsy capabilities that required billions not long ago can be had for cheap. It's no longer the exclusive realm of low-flying supersonic or stealth aircraft to strike the heart of the enemy. What required billions of R&D can be somewhat achieved on the cheap.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well no. The cost of defence is not actually what pricetag the system is you use to shoot something done. It is what you are defending and an oil refinery is probably in the hundreds of millions, literally a high-profile target

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, spending a hundred thousand to take out a refinery cracker is an amazing trade. What's a cracker worth, a few tens of millions? Plus lost production etc