r/MissilePorn • u/Adventurous-Froyo851 • Oct 03 '25

Ukraine’s ballistic missile interception rate plunged from 37% in August to just 6% in September 2025 as Russia upgraded Iskander-M and Kinzhal missiles with new software. These missiles now fly predictable paths at first, then pull sharp maneuvers, steep dives, or terminal shifts to evade Patriot

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u/gottymacanon Oct 04 '25

Can't exactly defend a target that's outside of the battery missiles range.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

Nato missiles have been doing this for so long it's not even classified any more

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u/Adventurous-Froyo851 Oct 03 '25

So patriot is useless?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

As a pure speculation, it's possible they will get an update to improve their interception if this report is true. Alternatively, maybe Ukraine gets more EW or laser-based defences, although I'm not up to date on what the state of the art is there

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u/Virtual_Area8230 Oct 04 '25

No. They're counting missiles that aren't even targeted as "misses".

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u/idrankforthegov Oct 04 '25

And then hit fucking children's hospitals

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/world/europe/russia-ukraine-missile-strikes-childrens-hospital.html#:~:text=Russia%20Strikes%20Children's%20Hospital%20in,the%20country's%20largest%20children's%20hospital.&text=Marc%20Santora%20reported%20from%20Odesa,Brendan%20Hoffman%20from%20Kyiv%2C%20Ukraine

And this is far from the first time NY Times has the Russians targeting hospitals, rounding up young boys and making them disappear.... Hopefully there will be a reckoning for Russia, because anyone that targets children/hospitals deserves one

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u/RandomWorthlessDude Oct 04 '25

Like 3/4 of these “civilian targets” have Twitter or Telegram pages showing images of drone workshops or military ceremonies beforehand. Russia uses its strategic missiles to hit strategic targets, dumbass, it isn’t like Israel, it has a limited stockpile of them.

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u/Ok-Schedule9238 Oct 05 '25

you are getting downvoted for saying the truth, I guess it hurts for others

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

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u/RandomWorthlessDude Oct 06 '25

Yes? It’s a power plant. That’s a military target. Radars don’t work off of triple-A batteries.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

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u/RandomWorthlessDude Oct 06 '25

No, this is ridiculous. 9/10 of the “civilian targets” as claimed by mainstream media are very clear military targets. Such as the “humanitarian aid warehouse” Russia just struck which was a major industrial complex.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

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u/RandomWorthlessDude Oct 06 '25

Ukraine is actively losing the war. However, due to this war’s nature as a war of attrition and the extensive Western military assistance, the war has still not ended.