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I get the special operations need. However, 20 roadrunners is 20 successful intercepts at best - if you want to go down cost curves you need really cheap interc
by RandomLensman 3y ago
I get the special operations need. However, 20 roadrunners is 20 successful intercepts at best - if you want to go down cost curves you need really cheap intercepts.
- CuriousCosmic 3y agoI think there are different cost curves though. If you are expecting mass swarms of drones, rockets, and/or missiles, then traditional AA installations make more sense. But if you are expecting only intermittent intercepts then the cost per intercept is probably going to be lower with something like the what Anduril is offering as cursory searches suggest the Roadrunner is going to be priced around 100k-300k per unit. And this fits in nicely with their far cheaper Anvil-M interceptors (low speed, quadcopter interceptors) where anvil would take the ultra cheap drones while Roadrunner takes the high altitude or jet/rocket powered targets.