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Only 25% of US interceptors succeeded in Iran attack ๐Ÿ˜‚ (www.jpost.com)
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[โ€“] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not too bad for interceptors. Much more believable than the previous figures

[โ€“] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hitting a very fast missile is not easy!

[โ€“] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but if you take the cost of the inteceptors into consideration and compare it to the cost of the missles and drones, then you go from "not to bad" to "another of these and we're out of money".

[โ€“] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do the interceptors cost that much more than missiles?

[โ€“] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Vastly more, yes.

[โ€“] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

was it ballistic missiles that they were shooting down?