Drones vs Missiles

[countryboy]

According to reporting by Bloomberg News, Tehran is leaning heavily on cheap, expendable drones to drain America’s far more expensive air defense missiles.

The fight is quickly becoming a high stakes contest of stockpiles rather than pure firepower.

Iran’s $20K Drones Are Forcing the U.S. to Fire $4 Million Missiles

As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound targets inside Iran for a fourth consecutive day, a different kind of battle is unfolding in the skies over the Middle East. According to reporting by Bloomberg Ne...

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We know which team you're rooting for.

 

[Phantasmal]

We know which team you're rooting for.

Im rooting for the American people who do not want this very unnecessary war.

 

[countryboy]

Im rooting for the American people who do not want this very unnecessary war.

Yeah sure, lol. Nudge nudge wink wink.

 

[Lionfish]

US develops LUCAS kamikaze drone to surpass Iranian Shahed-136 as loitering munitions become core to future warfare.​

 

[goat]

Good question

Iran is reporting 800 US troops dead or wounded. US bases are being wiped off the map. All the flights out of the area have been canceled leaving US citizens stranded. The US is losing another Wall Street war.

 

[Jake Starkey]

I read the Iranian drone factory is way under the ground and safe from our attacks. They are working hard to keep the supply going. A general said they would need ground troops to take out the factory.

No, no general said any such thing.

 

[Jake Starkey]

Good question

We have all the oil we need if we redirect local production.

 

[zymurgy]

Im rooting for the American people who do not want this very unnecessary war.

rooting for them to do what?

 

[Crepitus]

According to reporting by Bloomberg News, Tehran is leaning heavily on cheap, expendable drones to drain America’s far more expensive air defense missiles.

The fight is quickly becoming a high stakes contest of stockpiles rather than pure firepower.

Iran’s $20K Drones Are Forcing the U.S. to Fire $4 Million Missiles

As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound targets inside Iran for a fourth consecutive day, a different kind of battle is unfolding in the skies over the Middle East. According to reporting by Bloomberg Ne...

www.yahoo.com

Did you know that an entire year's production of patriot anti missile missiles is only 600?

And we were low already.

How many do we have left, I wonder?

 

[Phantasmal]

Did you know that an entire year's production of patriot anti missile missiles is only 600?

And we were low already.

How many do we have left, I wonder?

I now understand part of the reason they didn’t want to give any to Ukraine. They knew we were going to need them for our bombing missions in Iran.

 

[Crepitus]

Drones have come a long ways thanks to the war in Ukraine and multiple nations researching them. They are cheap and very effective.

US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes

The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.

www.militarytimes.com

The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, was launched as part of Operation Epic Fury, which targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and military airfields, CENTCOM officials announced....

...The LUCAS platform is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.

Built by the Arizona-based SpektreWorks, the drone, which can be launched via catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff and mobile ground systems, is a spinoff of the company’s FLM 136 target model, one designed for counter-drone training while simulating Iran’s Shahed variant.

The FLM 136 model carries a range capability of around 500 miles, with a maximum payload of 40 pounds, or “roughly twice the explosive yield of a hellfire missile,” according to Alex Hollings, host of Sandboxx News’ FirePower.

With a maximum takeoff weight of 180 pounds, the FLM 136 is significantly lighter than the Iranian Shahed. The platforms are also immensely more cost-effective — and scalable — compared to the more advanced munitions in the U.S. arsenal, carrying a price tag of around $35,000 per unit.

Patriot anti missile missiles cost 100 times as much at around $4 million each.

 

[Crepitus]

I now understand part of the reason they didn’t want to give any to Ukraine. They knew we were going to need them for our bombing missions in Iran.

I actually think this is too spur of the moment to account for that. I think tRump just didn't want to help Zelensky in any way,

 

[LurchAddams]

According to reporting by Bloomberg News, Tehran is leaning heavily on cheap, expendable drones to drain America’s far more expensive air defense missiles.

The fight is quickly becoming a high stakes contest of stockpiles rather than pure firepower.

Iran’s $20K Drones Are Forcing the U.S. to Fire $4 Million Missiles

As U.S. and Israeli airstrikes pound targets inside Iran for a fourth consecutive day, a different kind of battle is unfolding in the skies over the Middle East. According to reporting by Bloomberg Ne...

www.yahoo.com

trump just responded to that - trump says we "have plenty of anti-missile ordinances left". When has trump ever lied?

 

[Lionfish]

We have all the oil we need if we redirect local production.

This isn't about oil for the US. It is more about a choking off of oil for China.

 

[Jake Starkey]

Did you know that an entire year's production of patriot anti missile missiles is only 600?

And we were low already.

How many do we have left, I wonder?

They have ramped that up to 500 for this year alone. Iran cannot keep up. Drones is another matter.

 

[Phantasmal]

trump just responded to that - trump says we "have plenty of anti-missile ordinances left". When has trump ever lied?

Yeah, that’s why he met with our defense contractors…to tell them we have enough.

 

[LurchAddams]

Yeah, that’s why he met with our defense contractors…to tell them we have enough.

We are so screwed! Notice how the trumptards here aren't even admitting we're at war! "We're just bombing people" I guess - I guess we could call it a "boom boom party"? I don't know - @IBDaMann - what do you want to call it, since we're "not at war'?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Patriot anti missile missiles cost 100 times as much at around $4 million each.

The drones fly at about 100 kts. A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter cruises at about 150 kts. A door gunner could shoot it down.

There are a few problems such as having radar able to spot the inbound drones and being able to intercept over unpopulated areas.
First rule of flying "What goes up, must come down". Shooting bullets over populated areas is a bad idea and very unpopular with the locals.

Another problem is numbers. There's only so many helicopters and Iran could launch a swarm to overwhelm defenses. All they need is one or two to get through and take out a high value target.

 

[tsuke11]

These shit-stain MAGA morons would be going ape shit with indignation if someone like Obama or Biden were doing what the Moron-in-Chief is doing right now.

But...giving due what is due...Trump is almost a shoo-in for the Nobel Peace Prize next year. He not only stopped the 8 wars he claimed for this year's prize, he now has wars in Iran and Columbia to shut down.

The guy is a fucking peace monger.

As a Trump supporter if Obama sent some Choppers to pick up Maduro and turn Venezuela into an ally overnight I would have supported that.

 

[Noking]

We know which team you're rooting for.

It's isn't Crazy Trump, that's for sure.