• ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
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          you clearly have not been up to date with this war, because they weren’t able to intercept shit, besides, do you think they’re going to move air defense away from nazisrael to protect data centers? or desalinization plants? or oil rigs? you can barely protect 1 of these targets, let alone all at the same time…

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          Which would leave other targets open to attack since we don’t have enough counter drone stuff to defend everything. We’re playing chess here not checkers.

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      On the other hand, if my workplace was on a list of announced missile targets, I’d stay away.

      Assuming that there’s no real chance of their enemy setting up a defense in time:

      • It reduces probability of civilian causalities (improves their international image, reduces incentives for affected people to join the fight against them)
      • If there is some failure and the center isn’t disabled, they still reduced productivity. I’d say indefinitely
      • Tactic could theoretically be used to threaten or feint. For example, publicly list five target but only bother bombing three, and you get the benefits of scaring away people at the other two without spending weapons. This could also be used to manipulate enemy logistics, like moving their defenses or response teams to one place and then attacking another.
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      Unlike a certain “country” nearby that does so without warning, and then a second time to take out the rescue groups trying to save children as well