I mean, I hear you. But also, no. This is literally a war of attrition and inflicting max logistical societal pain possible for the lowest cost to achieve a desired outcome. If doing as you say can further than, then yes, but there are likely much better targets to hit for now.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maybe one of the balloon drones can hit it. depends on wind tho

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and russia not just downing it with another drone. not like it would be hard to spot.

But I like your out of the box thinking.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ukrainian balloon drones are a thing tho. At least in testing. They float very high, then the drone detaches from the balloon and attacks: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/ukraine-balloon-drone-carriers/ The problem is just, the balloon goes where the wind goes. If the wind only blows wrong way among all air layers, you can't attack.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yup, I'm aware of those. Not a new concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier And you're right, that sort of research effort has to happen rather than be diverted purely to operations. So if they can make it happen, and the weather cooperates, GREAT, meanwhile hitting those last two sites is still probably not worth too much extra effort vs revisiting other targets. But it costs nothing to check the weather in the meantime ;-)

ETA: but don't forget those drones are not going to be wire guided, so unless they also have automated targeting and non-GPS location services, they are going to get jammed to hell. Also, launching one might "fly under the radar" so to speak, but one isn't going to do it. So then you have to have a swarm. And you know what a swarm of high altitude ballons does? Stand out on radar and move slow. Making it very easy for a defender to mount a defense.