# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)

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**Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\
**Created:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972 "2022-10-29T17:49:40Z")\
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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> Systems for shooting down flying objects have been using multiple barrels forever.

That works fine, when the flying objects you’re trying to down cost a million times as much as your ammunition. But any sensible drone-defense system needs to be pretty close to one kill per shot, and then needs to be able very quickly move on to the next target after that one shot, or you’re still losing.

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