They were expecting big slow drones that would take hours flying from Ukraine. Instead they got many small ones that took 18 months to arrive but were invisible until the last minute. A surprise zerg rush, when they were expecting and preparing against ultralisks.

(My analogies are very weak today)

[–] f43r05@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Zergling rush with overlord drops. 🤌

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At like the 20 minute mark when all their bases are mined out and they can't rebuild

[–] f43r05@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

And are desperately fighting the zerglings with drones.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They seem to have gotten complacent because they can just move the planes if Ukraine sends long range drones.

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, it's a war of many firsts, especially about distance being a form of defence. Moskva was drowned like that too.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Modern day version of raiding Nazi airbases.