Originally Posted by
Lookleft
So is providing A-10s with its Gatling gun the solution? Or just set up a screen of Phalanxes on the approaches to Kyiv and other major cities? The 21st Century solution to the AA barrier that protected London during the V1 Blitz. I wish the media would stop referring to the drones as "kamikaze". They are unmanned so no-one is giving up their life to get the thing onto its target. Putin has provided yet more evidence that he is the true Nazi in this conflict.
While usually a supporter for the A-10 for almost anything from opening up coke cans to garbage disposal, not sure that a GAU-8 is a desirable solution for plinking an oversized paper plane. There are a lot of T/Props and even types the Ukrainians have for training that could do with a mini gun under the wing or twin .50s in the nose to go plinking. COIN may be a better option. Anything from an OV-10 on up would be a reasonable gun slinger. Put it down as A-A practice, but it is a Day-VFR solution only, so C-RAM units would be a better bet.