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Airf0rce t1_j1wkf5b wrote

It's more likely we'll see more laser based anti drone systems, more sophisticated EW and more ubiquitous smart AA guns with aided targeting than missiles, since those will probably always be more expensive that the simple drones they're trying to shoot down.

Secondly you need a proper integrated defense network, that can detect targets as quickly as possible and prioritize them between different types of interceptors, you don't want to be shooting patriot missiles at Shaheds, but you might want to do just that for enemy aircraft / ballistic missiles. All of this is extremely expensive and difficult to build.

In Ukraine biggest problem with handling the missile/drone attacks is that they come in waves that generally overwhelm air defense, and even then most of the damage is not done by drones/Shaheds but large cruise/ballistic missiles, which are often even harder to shoot down.

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