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> But every time people have to point out that Ukraine's power going out for 6hrs or some civilian loss of life or protecting some military deployment zone is w
by cm2187 4y ago
> But every time people have to point out that Ukraine's power going out for 6hrs or some civilian loss of life or protecting some military deployment zone is way more expensive/valuable in the long run.
That's missing the point. The point is that you will run out of $1m missiles much faster than the ennemy will run out of $100k projectiles (I think the iranian drones are even cheaper than that). It's not just money, it's supply.
- pksebben 4y agoI think what they meant by asymmetric warfare is that it's already not a supply issue; that's just not where the bottleneck is. The whole reason it's called asymmetric is that you're not going blow -for-blow, so you have to optimize for different things like information, allies, and maximizing hitting power per soldier
- jacquesm 4y ago> The point is that you will run out of $1m missiles much faster than the ennemy will run out of $100k projectiles That depends. Even though there is a 10:1 gap to overcome it is still very well possible that the wealthier country (presumably the one wielding the $1m missiles) is going to be more than 10:1 wealthier and that to them the missiles appear cheaper than the $100k projectiles do to their opponent.