Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Physfitfreak Newsgroups: sci.physics,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Israeli Faces From Earlier Today :-) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:54:26 -0600 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 04:54:28 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1144236"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:vo1h9pNWleOQeJVQXgr7YILc6Q8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240307-8, 3/7/2024), Outbound message X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBwDAIA0BLQAlhcloe/xJ2hxMaRQ+EY7Es7yNckwjVFiG/Eb71qfblpqYDYyM18XLS2CaJWxhc+wE/GxU5 X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 3402 Lines: 37 On 3/7/2024 8:04 PM, rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 13:26:31 -0800, trolidous wrote: > > >> But what are the advantages of the Shahed 136? > > Among other things the cost estimate for a lawnmoer is $20K. > > https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-iris-t-air-defense-system/ > a-63414859 > > The cost for one of the IRIS-T systems's missiles is about $500K. The > Patriot system missiles may be 10 times that. > > https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/06/05/house-panel-wants-cheaper- > patriot-missile/ > > Ka-chinnng! If Zelensky was really paying for any of this the Ukraine > would be in debt until 2417. The famous Iron Dome must be a money sink > too. Troll them with a $5K DJI drone and you've got a hell of a cost/ > benefit ratio. Iranian weapons are made with about 2 to 4 percent of the cost for the similar weapons made in the USA. The reason is obvious (to me anyway). In the United States, these weapons are made to first rip Americans' tax money off of government, and then used for creating more wars in the world so the ripper offers would continually rip off the government; while in Iran, the weapons are built to first defend Iranians against such sick poppies, and doing so in the most cost-effective way. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com