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Iran has shot down 30 US Reaper drones, US official says (abcnews.com)

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[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Are you getting your figure from an updated source? The article says:

“The Air Force announced its final five-year purchasing contract forReapers in 2020, and manufacturer General Atomics closed the production line last year after building 575 of them. The final lot cost about $16 million each when purchased in a batch of four, according to C. Mark Brinkley, a General Atomics spokesman.”

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I had heard anywhere from 15-50 depending on load out, $30M is from Ars,

"military’s current reliance on drones and crewed aircraft, each costing more than $30 million,"

I might've been wrong, of course. Million here, million there, soon you're talking about real money

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Ok, $480,000,000