For people curios.
Shahed : Iranian supplied aircraft of some sort, im guessing drone munition
AIM-132 ASRAAM : Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile. Though this appears to be fired from a ground launcher. ASRAAM WIKIPEDIA
What a happy laugh :-D !
Yeah!-)
At first glance, it might seem wasteful to use a $200,000+ missile to shoot down a $10,000 drone, but if it can save lives, it’s much better than the alternative. Using a Gepard anti-aircraft cannon (literally Flak) system is more resource-efficient, but of course, these aren’t everywhere.
Still curious how and why air-to-air missiles are ground-launched. Then again, the German IRIS-T is also originally an air-to-air missile, adapted for surface-to-air use as the IRIS-T SLS and IRIS-T SLM.
