One factor in Ukraine’s favor is that I assume that Russia is going to have a hard time doing dispersed production of ballistic missiles.
kagis
It sounds like Iskanders are assembled at a factory in Votkinsk, for example.
If they can manage to hit that with some kind of heavy munition, I assume that it’ll disrupt production.
Patriots — well, MIM-104s — are manufactured in Andover, Massachusetts, in the US. Russia cannot attack production facilities there without engaging in direct conflict with the US.
Yes, but it speaks to the “if the problem is more on Russia firing many more missiles” bit that you raised. I suspect that it’s probably more-practical to dramatically reduce Russia’s access to a continued supply of ballistic missiles than to dramatically reduce Ukraine’s access to a continued supply of ballistic missile interceptors.
One factor in Ukraine’s favor is that I assume that Russia is going to have a hard time doing dispersed production of ballistic missiles.
kagis
It sounds like Iskanders are assembled at a factory in Votkinsk, for example.
If they can manage to hit that with some kind of heavy munition, I assume that it’ll disrupt production.
Patriots — well, MIM-104s — are manufactured in Andover, Massachusetts, in the US. Russia cannot attack production facilities there without engaging in direct conflict with the US.
That’s a discussion far beyond the scope of “Is the Patriot in its existing configuration working as needed?”
Yes, but it speaks to the “if the problem is more on Russia firing many more missiles” bit that you raised. I suspect that it’s probably more-practical to dramatically reduce Russia’s access to a continued supply of ballistic missiles than to dramatically reduce Ukraine’s access to a continued supply of ballistic missile interceptors.