crissindahouse said:
Sounds weak. "We can't shoot anything down hitting buildings close to the border because we only realize there's something when it's too late and need drones/rockets to take three extra turns to give us enough time" Shouldn't matter where the drone is because air defense systems don't stop to recognize incoming danger at the border. Their radar system reach is x miles to recognize something incoming to react to it as soon as it is above your territory. Drone swarms, ok, but a single drone? Damn... If they didn't shoot it down because they thought it is some mislead drone probably hitting a field it's something else though. |
There's a good chance it won't hit anything if not shot down. Shoot it down in an urban area, and there's a major chance it's going to hit something. Shooting it down while it's in Ukraine isn't unproblematic either, because then it could harm Ukrainians. It might be possible to shoot it down before it enters the densest urban area, but there's probably at most minutes to react, so you've got to be 100% prepared to shoot it down before it even enters the country, and even then, there might be risk of missing and shooting into Ukraine instead (or your own territory).
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see more drones shot down safely, but statistically speaking, it might really be safer to not shoot them down in or near urban areas. I'm sure there's also room for improvement, but this hardly seems like incompetence to me.
