LollerCorleone@kbin.social to World News@kbin.social · 11 months agoA $2M missile vs. a $2,000 drone: Pentagon worried over cost of Houthi attackswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmygrad.mlnews@hexbear.net
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minus-squarepazzeda@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWell, dropping ‘dumb bombs’ is actually much cheaper than firing expensive guided missiles designed for missile interception. Even though the US has a bunch of money, at some point a waste of dollars is too much even for them.
Well, dropping ‘dumb bombs’ is actually much cheaper than firing expensive guided missiles designed for missile interception. Even though the US has a bunch of money, at some point a waste of dollars is too much even for them.