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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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THAAD system is $12.6 million / missile, to shoot down missiles made from sewer pipe + dirt (clay) and drones made from styrofoam and a lawnmower engine. Fucking hell....
You're not wrong in the sense that Iran's strategy is to overwhelm American/Israeli defense systems with cheap drones. But this is a system specifically for ballistic missiles. It's not for the drones themselves. They're gearing up for an attack from Iran after they do some kind of attack on Iran themselves.
Drones will take out THAAD directly whenever the resistance wants, more or less. It's something like 5-6 physical above-ground units. They'll just waltz right in given intelligence on the locations.