It's an expensive and time-consuming way to wage war since only 5% to 9% of what Ukraine fires gets past Russian air defenses, according to Watling.

[–] encelado748@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago (16 children)

The opposite is also true. And it is part of the equation: you send cheap drones to force the use of expensive air defense. It is a war of economic attrition.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (76 children)

Do provide citations to substantiate the claim that Russia is spending more on air defence than the west is on drones. Meanwhile, if you want to see actual economic war of attrition then go look at what Russian missiles are doing to infrastructure in Ukraine where there are no air defences. For example, around 70% of imports and exports went through Odessa which is now blockaded. And Ukrainian warehouses are being systematically eliminated. https://dengi.ua/en/business/9761324-russian-strikes-on-warehouses-how-the-war-is-reshaping-ukraine-s-logistics

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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (68 children)

Right, and one side has a whole lot more to send

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