Five people were killed in a massive Russian bombardment that, had the Kinzhal and other missiles not been destroyed by Patriot and other air defense systems, would have been catastrophic.
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    823·
    11 months ago

    Every Ukrainian downing of Russian hypersonic Kinzhal with the Patriot missiles will improve the Patriot missile intercept algorithm - and increase accuracy for all Patriot systems, a benefit for the US, the rest of NATO, and other Patriot AD users. Added ROI.

    • RentlarEnglish
      29·
      11 months ago

      Pretty much what those weapon systems were built to do. It’s a rare chance to test them against real world targets…

    • DarkThoughts@kbin.social
      13·
      11 months ago

      I wonder how the medium range systems like IRIS-T or NASAMS would fare against them. Not that we should let them even get that far. It’s just so satisfying to watch all of Russia’s super-weapons fail so miserably.

      • nexusband@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        There was talk in German Media a few weeks ago, that IRIS-T had a 100% success rate. Every single rocket IRIS-T fired shot another one down.

        Not sure I believe it, but I wouldn’t be surprised much.

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
    482·
    11 months ago

    Once again American weapon systems show the world what absolute clowns Russia are.

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      My thought exactly. What I guess was an attempt at a saturation bombardment, costing at least half a billion dollars, and it achieved literally nothing. Meanwhile in Russia you hear shit like the story the other day where a man got shot in the knee, and instead of getting him knee replacement and disability payment they sent his wife a bag of vegetables and they’re sending him back to the front line (even though he can barely walk). This whole situation is so fucked.