Ucranian forces seem to have some kind of cobble together set up, which looks like it may involve using a tablet computer using the missile in a very basic mode. And the aircraft would be passing data from its sensers to the missile and then communicating that the pilot. And the pilot then chooses what to fire the missile at. You haven't got any of that. The pentagon has approved, i believe, at least two additional shipments of missiles, which is usually a sign that they think it something useful with this type of missile. So even if you never have a missile fired at you, it means it massively degrades the effectiveness of air defense.
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