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  • UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world
    121·
    11 months ago

    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

  • Hopfgeist@feddit.de
    3·
    11 months ago

    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.