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by garganzol 2352 days ago
Aircraft may partly disintegrate, but this is not the main mode of operation of air defense systems.

The main mode of operation is to produce a relatively small near-by explosion that creates a wave of moving particles (shrapnel). Shrapnel causes the destruction of everything it touches.

Engines, radio transmitters, communications, and sadly... people.