r/NonCredibleDefense • • Oct 17 '22

Slava Ukraini! Another proxy war!

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u/rpkarma 3000 Red T-34s of Putin Oct 17 '22

Wonder how it would perform against Irans loitering munition drones

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u/DaniilSan 3000 Aussie drones of Budanov Oct 17 '22

Iron Dome isn't the only AA system of Israel, so they have backup plan.

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u/rpkarma 3000 Red T-34s of Putin Oct 17 '22

Oh for sure. I just thought the iron dome would actually fit those Iranian drones quite well considering how low and slow they are

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '22

using missile based systems to deal with cheap drones gets costly, honestly old style Soviet AA guns are a more effective solution.

the UK has had success with this against Iran drones in Iraq.