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Russian sources warn relentless Ukrainian Starlink drone strikes will collapse Crimea's air defenses within a year.
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I like your dam analogy, I think its one of the better ones ive seen on this topic.
A friend and I were talking about it and he likened it to a controlled demolition as well. You don't need to vaporize a building to make it collapse, you just need to hit the correct structures for it to collapse on it's own. Both work, but holes in a dam is more gradual than a controlled demolition in my mind.
What Ukraine has been doing for years now is extremely measured and smart warfare. They've been holding where they can, ceding ground where they can't, and they have been methodically taking out logistics, AAA, and radars. These irreplaceable things eventually will create gaps in coverage, which can lead to increased air dominance in those localized areas. That air dominance will translate into gains on the ground, as drones can't do shit to fighter jets yet.
It's costly warfare in terms of the manpower Ukraine has lost, but it's really smart fighting.