Re: Israeli Faces From Earlier Today :-)

On 3/8/2024 2:33 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:54:26 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:
 

Iranian weapons are made with about 2 to 4 percent of the cost for the
similar weapons made in the USA.
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The reason is obvious (to me anyway). In the United States, these
weapons are made to first rip Americans' tax money off of government,
and then used for creating more wars in the world so the ripper offers
would continually rip off the government; while in Iran, the weapons are
built to first defend Iranians against such sick poppies, and doing so
in the most cost-effective way.
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 Definitely but it would be nice if the US weapons actually worked. High
tech doesn't replace creativity. I forget which generation of drone it was
but it couldn't get off the ground by itself. The answer? Put it and it's
launch ramp in the back of a Toyota Hilux and start driving. At about 60
mph the drone would have enough lift to get going.
 Hey, it's a step up from Qassam rockets.

Hehe :) It was about two of the Shahed series as far as I know. They eventually solved the problem by adding a dried fueled little bitty rocket at its end, underneath them, which would drop after full launch was achieved, leaving behind the original aerodynamic surfaces. Made them more expensive but they began working fine from any spot you placed the rails on. Toyota or ground :)
The little ones (Shahed 131) now come in stacks of 5 or more, launched one after the other quickly, causing havoc for the enemy defense. The first Shaheds that hit Ukrainian targets were these little ones, not the larger 136.
Among several other uses, they also protect the main missile, usually very expensive, that's coming in for a worthy target, from getting intercepted by air defense.
But by themselves, they inflict good damage if they make it to their targets. So either way, they're too bad for the enemy. Damned if you hit them in the sky, and damned if you don't :-) The expense inflicted can be up to orders of magnitude higher than the cost of each.
Russians, mainly in the beginning of the Ukraine war, used them extensively while air defense of Ukrainians was still a big problem for them.
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