[koube]

Gepard has a range of 6km vs buk range of 50km or s-300 range of 120km. You would need a lot of them and they also don't have enough range to cover offensives.

[fabian2k]

Gepard has ~6 km maximum combat range. Guns are inherently short range weapons compared to missiles.

[koube]

Ah, the radar range is 15km, but the firing range is 6km. Fixed my earlier comment.

[RandomLensman]

Yes, but the cheap drone stuff moves slowly and you could potentially even airdrop AA to litter the landscape.

[runjake]

> you could even airdrop AA to litter the landscape.

Sounds like a good way to equip the enemy. Have you considered that you might be outside your lane here?

[RandomLensman]

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[runjake]

I have but then I quickly remembered I worked on and with such weapon systems, beginning during the Cold War.

What was your MOS?

Also, you’re talking about conventional forces tactics which don’t really apply to this submission much.

[RandomLensman]

The linked article is far broader than special operations.

Sorry, not US, so no MOS. My impression was that the US took a somewhat different route to air defense than the Europeans back then (and not just in terms of continental air defense).

I don't think we need to accuse each other of "ignorance" anymore, but rather we have had different experiences and a different read on the linked text.