Btw, of note - interesting how large portion of AA missiles used by both sides were ARH.
For example, the only S400 missiles we saw were 40N6 and 9M96, which is very different from Russo-Ukrainian war(where cheap, mass-produced SARH 48n6 is absolutely dominant). Add in Israeli barak-8s and spiders(python/derby), and you see the picture.
Add HQ-9p on top(also ARH), and you see a contradictory result: on the one hand, performance of SAM systems even against "early war scenarios"(heated exchanges with rich peacetime stocks) is massively better than in Ukraine; SAMs can chew through significant saturation attacks (not unlike famous Kiev iskander salvo) with high penetration rates; just throwing stuff at it doesn't produce desired results, only combined attacks produce good leak rates(even brahmos isn't magic). Ultimately, stand off attack isn't meant to be form of economic warfare, it's about destroying targets.
On the other hand - I seriously suspect that both sides are now urgently requesting replacement stocks and scratching their emergency budgets, as just interceptor expenditure alone was in hundreds of millions usd per side.
For example, the only S400 missiles we saw were 40N6 and 9M96, which is very different from Russo-Ukrainian war(where cheap, mass-produced SARH 48n6 is absolutely dominant). Add in Israeli barak-8s and spiders(python/derby), and you see the picture.
Add HQ-9p on top(also ARH), and you see a contradictory result: on the one hand, performance of SAM systems even against "early war scenarios"(heated exchanges with rich peacetime stocks) is massively better than in Ukraine; SAMs can chew through significant saturation attacks (not unlike famous Kiev iskander salvo) with high penetration rates; just throwing stuff at it doesn't produce desired results, only combined attacks produce good leak rates(even brahmos isn't magic). Ultimately, stand off attack isn't meant to be form of economic warfare, it's about destroying targets.
On the other hand - I seriously suspect that both sides are now urgently requesting replacement stocks and scratching their emergency budgets, as just interceptor expenditure alone was in hundreds of millions usd per side.
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