It's good Gepard has a modern day successor in Skyranger and like systems. The radar, large caliber (helping impart greater range) and airbursts are critical to making point defenses more effective. And we have a key historical precedent supporting this: fighting Nazi buzz bombs during World War 2!
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Here's How The Allies Survived Hitler's Missile Bombardment On London
Here’s What You Need To Remember: By the end of the main V-1 campaign against London, only one out of five V-1s on average was reaching its target. When Germany redirected V-1 strikes against Antwerp ...