Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II

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'Throw shit at the target's defenses until they run out of ammo' is a known, if theoretical, approach to things that are known to be munition restrained, like fancy anti air missiles. Especially since said fancy anti air missiles tend to be quite an annoyance to reload.

I'm not surprised it worked. I'm surprised that there wasn't a couple of short range AA cannons for protection against this trick.