Aside from the obvious implications, using a 5th-gen fighter to shoot down attritable, saturation-strike drones is a hilarious mismanagement of resources. This is not a threat they should be throwing Su-57s at for any reason other than PR - and they fucked that last bit up too.
It’s probably not very cost effective compared to better-suited alternatives, but if they don’t have those alternatives, it’s probably better than letting the thing hit its target.
Aside from the obvious implications, using a 5th-gen fighter to shoot down attritable, saturation-strike drones is a hilarious mismanagement of resources. This is not a threat they should be throwing Su-57s at for any reason other than PR - and they fucked that last bit up too.
The likely only reason they were in the air was to prevent them from being hit out in the open on the tarmac.
Since they were in the air anyway, they might as well attempt (and fail) to hit the drones.
It’s probably not very cost effective compared to better-suited alternatives, but if they don’t have those alternatives, it’s probably better than letting the thing hit its target.