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So, you endup with best case 3.000.000 USD/unit drones. This for 2.000 drones, not considering budget overuns. Both sides in Ukraine use more than this in a si
by elzbardico 3y ago
So, you endup with best case 3.000.000 USD/unit drones. This for 2.000 drones, not considering budget overuns.
Both sides in Ukraine use more than this in a single month.
Again the obession with flashy technology in the US military ignores the reality of what is a large scale peer conflict.
Those drone maybe great, but their cost and the possible manufacture complexity make it not very practical for large scale peer conflicts.
- iflint 3y agoThe unit cost goes down with scale. A Honda Civic would be extremely expensive if they only made 2000 of them. That doesn't mean it's too flashy for the job, it just means they haven't divided the development cost over enough units. It makes sense to develop new military tech continuously, but only scale out production when needed.
- garlicbutter007 3y agoThe drones mentioned in the article is not the consumer drone (like DJI drones) used in Ukraine.
- ianburrell 3y agoThese drones are for accompanying new fighter planes. They aren't super expensive ground attack drones, which we already have in cruise missiles, but really cheap fighters. Peer conflicts is the only reason to have them.