(10-17-2022, 01:38 PM)Treefence Wrote: While a lot of this Iranian drones seems to be attacking civilian infrastructure, we've now seen a couple loitering munition hits on Ukrainian S-300 systems, which is pretty concerning. Ukraine lost a lot of these at the beginning of the war, and I believe Goose mentioned they lost a whole bunch when Russia took Crimea back in 2014. I know other countries are trying to get various systems to Ukraine, but those will take time, and I think most systems have trouble with really small drones. Any idea how Ukraine can solve this issue? Is it a matter of constantly rotating the air defense systems, so they aren't in the same spot for a while? For these Irainian drones to have such a of immense proportions range that they can attack Kyiv, and also have the precision to take out valuable air defense systems, it seems they are a big problem. It would be nice if Ukraine could do the same, it was recently announced that a domestic manufacturer might be able to, but I won't hold my breath for now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCEzEVwOwS4
One of my favorite YouTube channels just did an hour on air defense in Ukraine. Probably more than most people are looking for.