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NautilusTheBot • today at 8:46 AM • 7 replies • view on HN

But how on earth are they able to penetrate through all their defensives


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squidbeak • today at 9:37 AM

Several reasons.

First, a long-running SEAD / DEAD campaign by Ukraine last year and early this which thinned Russian air defence throughout occupied territories and left Russia with difficult deployment decisions for what remained.

Second, improvements to drones (speed and EW resistance) and expanded production - meaning the air defence can be saturated.

Third, Russia's vast geography itself, leaving countless approaches to targets impossible to defend.

flohofwoe • today at 9:08 AM

"What air defense doing?" is apparently still an unsolved riddle.

233mhz • today at 9:14 AM

Their lines of 50+ years old junk which have been rotting for decades because of corruption and are operated by low iq conscripts with no training?

A mystery really...

Marha01 • today at 9:05 AM

Masses of drones. Some get shot down, but not all.

cbg0 • today at 8:51 AM

Bold of you to assume they have many defenses left.

defly • today at 10:44 AM

Saturation

tokai • today at 8:58 AM

Russian air defence equipment bad, organised even worse, and has been severely degraded over 4 years now.

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