If true, then the Ukrainian statements would imply that not a single drone was shot down and all hit their targets. Saturation attacks seem to have an effect.
How does that imply that? We don't have a figure on number of drones launched nor intercepted.
MANPADs haven’t shown to be particularly effective against kamikaze drones though. There have been videos showing MANPADs missing Shahed drones even at shorter ranges, probably due to the drone’s lower heat signature and much smaller size compared to fighter jets.
I'm saying that MANPADS, through volume, are able to provide results, even though they are pretty much point defenses. Same thing will happen withair defenses, they are going to be flooded with air defenses.
Energy grids are just one of many potential targets to protect and even protecting energy infrastructure with (yet unproven) point-defense systems will be a challenge to say the least for a country the size of Ukraine. At some point the Ukrainians would have to prioritize certain locations over others which would leave vulnerabilities for Russia to exploit.
Obviously, I literally said the Ukrainians are going to prioritize certain places.
I don't know how much intelligence Russia is able to gather on Ukrainian air defenses.
Iron Dome is mainly a C-RAM system. Those crude rockets fly higher which makes them easier to pick up on radar due to radar horizon. Shahed drones fly much lower during their travel and have LO designs and materials. Palestinian rockets are also launched from a much closer distance than Shahed drones. Since they are unguided and not pre-programmable they can’t adjust course or flight altitude. So their flight path is easier to predict. Their heat signature is also much higher than that of Shahed drones. Iron Dome is a system that was designed specifically for Israel’s needs and for a specific task, with success. Ukraine doesn’t have such a system for their drone and cruise missile problem (yet).
Lol, those crude rockets don't fly high into the sky more than other rockets, it depends on what angle they fire them, majority of rockets are actually fired at a low angle, reach low altitude and hit close to Gaza.
Radars don't care about altitude as long as they're not beyond the horizon, modern AESA radars can detect rockets regardless of ground clutter.
Shahed drones fly a few hundreds of meters, easily detectable. Iron Dome isn't heat seeking so their heat signature is irrelevant, and the RCS of a rocket is much lower than that of a Shahed, Iron Dome even shoots down mortar rounds
And as I said, many rockets are launched at low angles and only reach around the same height as Shaheds.
Iron Dome would easily **** up any and all cruise missiles and drones, at better success rate than with rockets, so long as its provided with an adequate supply of missiles.
