In the years of war against Russia, Kiev has fielded a multilayer 'shield' with which it has been able to cost-effectively block the swarms of drones, the Iranian-made Shaled, that have been thrown at it by Moscow. Zelensky offers to swap drone interceptors for missiles
When it comes to countering shaheds, Ukraine is years ahead of pretty much everyone right now.
Iran has been mass producing them for years too, they can make hundreds a month and they could make hundreds more in a sustained war situation.
The US has very few options besides pulling outta there quickly that will allow them to call it a victory.
If Russia decides to play ball and feed intel to Iran then those salvos and shahed swarms are gonna start landing on aircraft carriers like flies on a turd.
I have very little knowledge about military stuff. Can someone please explain to me why the US can’t just bomb all Shahed construction facilities to rubble? Is it
because they don’t know all the locations where drones are being produced
because the facilities are somehow too well defended (underground or something?)
because Shaheds can be built in random locations, like someone’s garage
because Iran’s air defense is capable of intercepting such strikes
Most facilities are deep underground, hard to reach for most bombs except those carried by big bombers that are expensive to operate and a logistical nightmare in contested airspace, which Iran is at the moment.
The shaheds are also tiny, cheap and are built mostly from readily available components. As we’ve seen in Ukraine there are literally hundreds of designs, some made literally with cardboard, with new iterations seemingly every day.
Traditional air defense systems can be very easily overwhelmed by sheer number of incoming drones. Combine those with ballistic weapons and the mix is pretty much unstoppable with current means.
I’m pretty sure both China and Russia are already feeding info to Iran, hence why the strikes have been so effective. There’s no reason for them not to do that. And completely agree that replicating what Ukraine does to counter Russian drones, which still hammer Ukraine massively, is not something the US can do quickly.
When it comes to countering shaheds, Ukraine is years ahead of pretty much everyone right now.
Iran has been mass producing them for years too, they can make hundreds a month and they could make hundreds more in a sustained war situation.
The US has very few options besides pulling outta there quickly that will allow them to call it a victory.
If Russia decides to play ball and feed intel to Iran then those salvos and shahed swarms are gonna start landing on aircraft carriers like flies on a turd.
I have very little knowledge about military stuff. Can someone please explain to me why the US can’t just bomb all Shahed construction facilities to rubble? Is it
Most facilities are deep underground, hard to reach for most bombs except those carried by big bombers that are expensive to operate and a logistical nightmare in contested airspace, which Iran is at the moment.
The shaheds are also tiny, cheap and are built mostly from readily available components. As we’ve seen in Ukraine there are literally hundreds of designs, some made literally with cardboard, with new iterations seemingly every day.
Traditional air defense systems can be very easily overwhelmed by sheer number of incoming drones. Combine those with ballistic weapons and the mix is pretty much unstoppable with current means.
I’m pretty sure both China and Russia are already feeding info to Iran, hence why the strikes have been so effective. There’s no reason for them not to do that. And completely agree that replicating what Ukraine does to counter Russian drones, which still hammer Ukraine massively, is not something the US can do quickly.