• Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Because even with all the stupid amount of money the usa spend on r and d we have few few operational and tested platforms… If a drone hit one it goes boom just like anything else. If we can’t field 30of the things in our wildest imagination I can’t imagine they can achieve. More than 2 or 3 operational units and they will get whacked eventually

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      14 hours ago

      The Russian economy is far more industrialized, while the US is far more financialized. Spending goes farther in Russia than it does in the US. I don’t think it’s far-fetched to think Russia could implement some degree of laser-based drone defenses.

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        13 hours ago

        I’ll give you that. One thing though. On a rainy or foggy night those defenses are worthless. Range goes in the crapper.

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              13 hours ago

              I wouldn’t say I “like” Russia just because I don’t see them as some barbarian society like I see them portrayed as commonly. I am immensely critical of their nationalist, capitalist system, as any communist should be. I just understand that they are presently subject to imperialist encirclement, and this encirclement drives their hostile reaction.