i feel like i misunderstand the UI - it seems to show coalition strikes mostly being intercepted? or does the bottom row refer to strikes against coalition forces?
It just can't compete with the US's combination of technology, quantity, and operational excellence
Or Israeli. In India, it couldn’t compete with Chinese kit.
If Russia sold its air-defence systems as only protecting against Hezbollah-caliber munitions, you’d be correct. They didn’t. They pitched it as a bulwark against a superpower. (Saddam learned the same lesson in 2003.)
The T-14 Armata and Sukhoi Su-57 not really showing up in Ukraine, for example. As well as the S-500, which seems to be vulnerable to even 1990s tech like the ATACMS.
I don’t think Iran ever thought their defenses would do jack in a full on invasion. They thought (rightfully) that their defenses would force the US to go all in if they wanted to do anything significant.
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The interception disparity really drives home how air superiority dominates modern war planning. (That and not getting scammed on Russian kit.)
i feel like i misunderstand the UI - it seems to show coalition strikes mostly being intercepted? or does the bottom row refer to strikes against coalition forces?
Same. Why does it have a "belligerent" tag/badge - that seems to indicate bias.
But other than not understanding the data, the UI looks really fancy.
I doubt that the Russian kit is a scam.
I'm sure it is reasonably good. It just can't compete with the US's combination of technology, quantity, and operational excellence.
I don't mean that in a rah-rah way, it just seems to be the reality.
Or Israeli. In India, it couldn’t compete with Chinese kit.
If Russia sold its air-defence systems as only protecting against Hezbollah-caliber munitions, you’d be correct. They didn’t. They pitched it as a bulwark against a superpower. (Saddam learned the same lesson in 2003.)
I think there are pretty clear signs.
The T-14 Armata and Sukhoi Su-57 not really showing up in Ukraine, for example. As well as the S-500, which seems to be vulnerable to even 1990s tech like the ATACMS.
I don’t think Iran ever thought their defenses would do jack in a full on invasion. They thought (rightfully) that their defenses would force the US to go all in if they wanted to do anything significant.
I imagine they thought it might shoot down one plane. Or their anti-ship missiles might hit one ship.