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Iran's missile math: $20,000 drones take on $4 million Patriots (www.japantimes.co.jp)
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[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

After four years of watching what's going on in Ukraine, you would think that the US would develop and deploy a modern Gepard or Shilka type tank that could take on these Shahed drones with a cheap autocannon instead of launching expensive $4 million Patriot air defense missiles.