Russia is sending waves of drones and subsequent missiles when their Anti Air has been exhausted, Every. Single. Night. For years!
This is very good news.
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daynomateApr 17, 2026
+7
Although just to put into context - 9 died just now from a missile in Odessa
Apartment building
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Panthera_leo22Apr 17, 2026
+3
This last missile barrage killed about 18 people and did a lot of damage, Zelenskyy has come out and said that Ukraine needs air defenses.
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GackeyApr 16, 2026
+193
>As of early morning, Ukrainian defenders had neutralized 309 of the incoming drones. While the majority of threats were eliminated, officials reported that ballistic missile hits and 13 strike UAVs were recorded at nine separate locations.
>In the Kyiv region, monitoring groups noted that the final remnants of the drone wave were being cleared in the hour following the main engagement, with air defense successfully downing all missiles directed at the capital.
Very misleading headline.
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Panthera_leo22Apr 16, 2026
+63
Was about to post the same, multiple people were also hurt and killed (5 killed in Dnipro, 1 person in Kyiv as of a few hours ago). There were hits in Odesa, the port was damaged.
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ConpuTenApr 16, 2026
+17
they were 2 separate barrages, one in the evening and one the following night, thats where the kyiv casualties are from. judging by the time of posting this refers to the first one
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lorbdApr 16, 2026
+10
Straight up false headline, you mean.
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GucciRifleApr 16, 2026
-3
So much propaganda in this war. And if you say anything you are called pro russia.
Wonder what else this reminds us of? Hint its a small country in the middle east.
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ConfidenceIcy6006Apr 15, 2026
+358
They could teach the U.S. a think or two
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MolteninfernoApr 15, 2026
+160
The U.S. has adopted the majestic ostriches defense
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NewtimelineplsApr 16, 2026
+56
Is that where you pop out scream at everyone , start a war, say how badass you are then duck your head back down when shit gets real?
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FollowingFeisty5321Apr 16, 2026
+26
First you tell all the other ostriches in your herd that they suck and your national strategy is to drive them apart and that any laws they pass that obstruct that noble goal will jeopardize trade deals and incur sanctions.
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ferpyyApr 16, 2026
+2
Settle down there Donny
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Catch_022Apr 16, 2026
+14
They are teaching the Gulf states atm. The US is far behind in drones.
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hagenissen999Apr 16, 2026
+9
It's kind of funny, if it wasn't so deadly.
They really think they're ahead, because they have Reapers and whatever unfinished garbage Anduril is trying to sell them.
They're doctrinally fucked against c**** FPVs.
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Catch_022Apr 17, 2026
+1
One of the US's latest drones (supplied by one of the Trump families businesses IIRC) is essentially a copy of a Iranian Shahed drone.
The US is all in on winning the last war, instead of preparing for the current and future ones.
I love aircraft carriers and planes, but drones seem far more cost effective and useful - and they are only going to get better.
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sansasetApr 16, 2026
+3
Bro what they’re using US tech and were trained by Americans…
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ledowApr 16, 2026
+4
At this point, a small group of kindergartners could teach the US a thing or two.
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teepodavignonApr 16, 2026
+1
Not after what he u.s. taught them.
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LittleLoquatApr 16, 2026
-17
The trick is to lie
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jhgggyhkgfApr 16, 2026
+53
Russia countered an Ukraine decoy attack with over $3 billion worth of missiles. Once the primary defense systems were spent the real attack occurred blowing up a refinery and critical radar site. Basically the decoys were balsam, wood drones. Ukraine’s counter attack weapons cost hundreds of dollars each.
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AptosaurasApr 16, 2026
+17
This is how you sink a Navy vessel. Swarm it with your c**** drones and exhaust its air defence missiles and ammunition, then send in your big drones or missiles once the vessel has no defence.
The c**** drones could have HEAT RPG warheads attached to some of them to take out the radars and radio antennas. The Sea Wiz auto cannons are useless without their radar.
This is why the US Navy fleet near Iran is stationed hundreds of miles off shore. Once we have c**** long range autonomous Ai drones, then the Navy will be very exposed to swarms.
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pnwbraidsApr 16, 2026
+37
It really can't be understated how drastically war has changed in the last five years.
And the US and Israel are very, very behind the curve.
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cheesempApr 16, 2026
+13
Yes it feels like pre-ww1 again. Armys are sticking with missiles and jets (cavalry charge and infantry maneuvering) but tanks and machines guns (drones) are making them overpriced and obsolete.
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Specialist-2193Apr 16, 2026
You can't demolish concrete buildings with small drones
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Mazon_DelApr 16, 2026
+7
True, but you often don't need to.
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hagenissen999Apr 16, 2026
+2
If you have enough of them, you certainly can.
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Specialist-2193Apr 16, 2026
+1
That would be much much more expensive than a jdam
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hagenissen999Apr 16, 2026
+5
Nope. You're flat out wrong.
A JDAM is between $25K and $84K, according to official sources. You also need a jet to drop it.
You can make a lot of bada-boom with drones for that money, and don't need to risk jets and pilots.
An FPV drone with an RPG-7 warhead is less than $500.
Do you even fathom how deeply fucked the US is doctrinally?
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Specialist-2193Apr 16, 2026
+1
500$ fpv drone can barely fly 20km. Max like what 500grams of Tnt.
That is 1000$ per kg of TNT
For 2000pound jdam 50$ per Kg
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hagenissen999Apr 16, 2026
+3
RPG-7 are never less than 2 kg. They're much cjeaper and have more boom than TNT.
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Specialist-2193Apr 16, 2026
+1
Same goes for jdam. And it does not change the equation.
There currently is nothing that can replace cost effectiveness of jdam tier bombs. Only drones that can drop jdam. And they are not 500$ fpv drones
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hagenissen999Apr 16, 2026
+1
Oh well, myopia is indeed fatal.
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Strict-Strength-5011Apr 16, 2026
+2
309 drones and all the missiles in under an hour? My microwave takes longer to make a decent bag of popcorn.
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ZefyrisApr 16, 2026
+3
Sucks to be the general having to report that one to Putin. Not like I feel any pity for them tho.
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dendummestenumseApr 16, 2026
+1
Thats great news!!! Horrifying to read when the terror attacks hit. Feel theres a lot of good news lately.
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HotFartoreApr 16, 2026
+1
Good. Now they have to send thousands of drones daily to mother Russia military infrastructure as a courtesy with a big smile and saying, Thanks so much! 😃
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EaRLyHawk924Apr 16, 2026
-7
Funny, but the Ukrainian side regularly reports that all missiles and drones were intercepted, yet damage still appears every time. It's interesting how it happens that when ALL missiles and drones are intercepted, impacts still occur......
Even the article itself mentions it, as another listnookor pointed out, kekw.
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CuellerApr 16, 2026
+2
Yeah its interesting when 300 missiles fall out of the sky and debris hits shit. That stuff has to go somewhere, its not a video game where it just magically disappears.
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EaRLyHawk924Apr 16, 2026
-1
But a successful interception of a missile/drone is considered a situation where the target of the missile/drone receives no damage...isn't it...?
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Dragonfruit_6104Apr 16, 2026
+2
The United States cannot intercept all Iranian drone attacks.
Ukraine can intercept all Russian drone attacks.
We know that Russian and Iranian drone technology is homologous.
Therefore, Ukraine's air defense technology is better than that of the United States.
I'm not sure which of these logics went wrong.
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Original_Dig_3232Apr 16, 2026
-54
hahahaha yea okkkkk
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MartyKeiApr 16, 2026
+13
Impressive post history. What is even more extraordinary is the number of words and letters you've written in this comment comparing to your previous opinions, if one can even call them that way. It looks a nurse in a mental asylum didn't make sure you took your pills.
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