I’m saying that if Ukraine had bought 1000 TB2′s, whatever changes Russia would have made (if any) wouldn’t have been enough to leave Ukraine in a worse position than it is in now. Sure, Russia probably would have adapted somewhat. But we are very far from the equilibrium, say I. If Russia best-responded to Ukraine’s 1000 TB2s, maybe they’d be able to shoot down a lot of them or otherwise defend against them, but the Ukrainians would still come out overall better off than they are now. (They are cheap! It’s hard to defend against them when they are so cheap!)
TB2s don’t need runways since they can fly off of civilian roads.
I do think counter-drone drones are the way to go. But it’s not like Ukraine shouldn’t buy TB2′s out of fear of Russia’s hypothetical counter-drone drones! That’s like saying armies in 1920 shouldn’t buy aircraft because other armies would just buy counter-aircraft aircraft.
I’m saying that if Ukraine had bought 1000 TB2′s, whatever changes Russia would have made (if any) wouldn’t have been enough to leave Ukraine in a worse position than it is in now. Sure, Russia probably would have adapted somewhat. But we are very far from the equilibrium, say I. If Russia best-responded to Ukraine’s 1000 TB2s, maybe they’d be able to shoot down a lot of them or otherwise defend against them, but the Ukrainians would still come out overall better off than they are now. (They are cheap! It’s hard to defend against them when they are so cheap!)
TB2s don’t need runways since they can fly off of civilian roads.
I do think counter-drone drones are the way to go. But it’s not like Ukraine shouldn’t buy TB2′s out of fear of Russia’s hypothetical counter-drone drones! That’s like saying armies in 1920 shouldn’t buy aircraft because other armies would just buy counter-aircraft aircraft.