Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: sci.physics,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Israeli Faces From Earlier Today :-) Date: 8 Mar 2024 20:33:35 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net a8453+yRuY9OuojWLvfwFgE3ehvArv25TqxzLs+M3C4CpVIDJq Cancel-Lock: sha1:gi15gPEFUUZr/CF6j+B69gPsHKg= sha256:EpNl8dPT5v0xFmBZZbjF8XTOZHE5LpWcWFK8kMlBw94= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2655 On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:54:26 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote: > 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. > Definitely but it would be nice if the US weapons actually worked. High tech doesn't replace creativity. I forget which generation of drone it was but it couldn't get off the ground by itself. The answer? Put it and it's launch ramp in the back of a Toyota Hilux and start driving. At about 60 mph the drone would have enough lift to get going. Hey, it's a step up from Qassam rockets.