‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

[u/ArgentineBeauty]

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83674

[u/nightwyrm_zero]

Even in Israel's case, they're usually not defending against state-level actors with dedicated state-level industrial resources in an open war.

[u/Bolandball → u/[deleted]]

List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2023 - Wikipedia

Over 4,000 missiles on Oct 7 alone. Over 10,500 total over October and November of that year.

[u/P1ssBobSh1tPants69 → u/Bolandball]

Those were cheap dumb sugar rockets. But yeah they were still unprepared for it. That's why they are now building lasers.

[u/KingFapNTits → u/P1ssBobSh1tPants69]

…… they’re missiles and their targets were whole cities. They don’t have to be accurate, and they still have to be shot down. They still kill people lol. They’re bombs.

[u/SteveL_VA → u/KingFapNTits]

To be completely fair: some of them, at least, are so small they'd have to be a direct hit on a person to kill them. I remember watching a video of one hitting a courtyard, I think it left a little divot? A cat was nearby, it ran away scared.

[u/YoureAmastyx → u/SteveL_VA]

Oh, so those ones are okay? Those ones can go on through.

[u/SteveL_VA → u/YoureAmastyx]

I'm not saying it's right or acceptable, just that they're not all these super dangerous, massively destructive weapons.

I desire accuracy and context, I'm not taking a side.

[u/Think_Solid235 → u/KingFapNTits]

They’re rockets, dumbfire MLRS where half didn’t even make it where they were meant to lmao

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/Bolandball]

Show me a photo of any city in Palestine rn. What does it look like.

[u/tittiesan → u/nightwyrm_zero]

Iran is the exception to this and it shows Israel’s limitations in air defense systems.

[u/pentox70 → u/nightwyrm_zero]

States with advanced intelligence technology and top teir drone technology, to boot.

Not just a crude home made rocket.