Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 day ago[Combat] German IRIS-T air defense system of the Ukrainian Air Force shoots down a Kh-101 cruise missile.i.imgur.comvideomessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1video[Combat] German IRIS-T air defense system of the Ukrainian Air Force shoots down a Kh-101 cruise missile.i.imgur.comWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 day agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoIIRC, it’s the ballistic missiles that are the big problem, and only the (US-supplied) Patriot missiles can hit them with any degree of reliability.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoFrance has a counter-ballistic missile called Aster, but it doesn’t seem like Ukraine has many of them yet
IIRC, it’s the ballistic missiles that are the big problem, and only the (US-supplied) Patriot missiles can hit them with any degree of reliability.
France has a counter-ballistic missile called Aster, but it doesn’t seem like Ukraine has many of them yet