The BLUF of every missile based integrated air defense is the number of missiles and launcher reload times are known.
Winning a saturation attack against one is simple arithmetic, total all the defending missiles, then +10 more drones above that number.
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Electronic warfare is always a "saving throw" with an expiration date for the defense.
Plus no one in the world, since 1989, has invested in enough mobile guns for robust AA-combined arms to screw up the simple arithmetic of a saturation drone/missile attacks.
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Russia burned out Ukraine's considerable stocks of 5V55 SAMs (~3,300 rounds), 9M83 SAMs (~1,000) and 9M38 SAMs (~800) by repeat saturation attacks.
Ukraine returns the favor. This is not that difficult to grasp.
Saturation attacks were central to legacy Soviet doctrine.
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It is difficult for the "Russia Strong" wing of the Big/Expensive/Few crowd to accept that if what it views as a 3rd rate power rivaling Iraq (Ukraine) can do this to Russia.
It -WILL- happen to the USN in the South China Sea from the Chinese.
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