• baines@lemmy.cafe
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      17 天前

      the US arguably lost the VN war because they kept expecting the VK to fight like the US

      why would you try to counter the jet at 30k feet?

      a jet takes so long to build and so much to maintain the supply chain is super vulnerable

      • nexguy@lemmy.world
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        17 天前

        Making a cloud of drone flak is very cheap and easy and can take out multiple types of threats. They talk to each other and act as a redundant pinpoint targeting system.