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Re:The Ukraine war is driving rapid innovation in drone tech... by yencabulator on Friday May 10, 2024 @02:46PM (#40322487)
> In practice by the time a frontline S-400 knows that there is something there, supersonic jets at cruising altitude already have too much kinetic energy to intercept.

The Swedish air force could routinely (16% of the time) get a fighter jet based missile lock on a frigging SR-71 in the 80s! 40 years later, altitude and speed do not help as much as you think. And radars are networked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird

Re:The Ukraine war is driving rapid innovation in drone tech... by throwup238 on Saturday May 11, 2024 @02:18AM (#40326361)
Getting a missile lock isn't the same as hitting it.