Mastodawn

Shahed drones are not stealthy. They are not fast. They are not cold. They are not quiet.

Ukraine shoots them down with machine gun fire from helicopters and technicals.

It in inexcusable that a US airbase in Saudi Arabia was hit, and an AWACS destroyed, by one. It means we have inadequate control of the airspace, and insufficient ability to respond to threats beyond conventional missiles. It means we have ignored Ukraine’s hard-won lessons.

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klegdixal

@mcnado
"Ukraine shoots them down with machine gun fire from helicopters and technicals."

That's rather oversimplifying.
First – any means of defeating the drones are a part of a system that includes various means of detection and situational awareness,
Second – as of recent EW and interceptor drones play a major role.

Ukrainians offered sharing their knowledge and were turned down, didn't they.