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tal@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This is a lightweight AA Gun that can be mounted on a cheap pickup truck. This isn’t a “Static” defense,

It’s static from the standpoint of being required to meet an incoming Shahed-136, which can move more quickly than it; you cannot substantially reposition vehicles on ground-based vehicles to meet incoming attacks from the air. The critical factor is whether you can concentrate your defenses in time to meet an attack.

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dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The critical factor is whether you can concentrate your defenses in time to meet an attack, once you have detected that incoming attack.

Force concentration is a job for fighter jets. Most jets can fly at Mach 1, or even Mach2 (700mph to 1500mph). At which point, a 120mph Shahed-136 is worthless.

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- tal@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Different weapons for different tasks.
  
  I think that we may be violently agreeing. What I had in my original comment:
  
  They may both have a role.
  
  If you know that a given point is at risk of attack, using a static defense like AA guns is practical. Say you have some sort of specific, high-value target that you can put AA guns around. That may be a very sensible thing to do.
  
  But the problem, if you intend to rely only on those, is that there is then a concentration of force issue. The attacker can choose which point to attack; they get the initiative.
  
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  - dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I guess I read it differently earlier.
    
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