• baines@lemmy.cafe
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      2 days ago

      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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        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.