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Size and range. Strike drones have to be able to carry a fairly large warhead (or are only good at hitting people and not things) and they have to fly quite a
by sgt101 1y ago
Size and range.
Strike drones have to be able to carry a fairly large warhead (or are only good at hitting people and not things) and they have to fly quite a long way to get at things like reserve assets and logistics. So they are quite big, with quite a lot of fuel etc. Big things tend to cost more. In this case I can imagine that an interceptor that has a range of 10k and is 5% of the size of the strike drone would be able to knock it down and would be able to do so well away from its target.
Dunno how anyone can "know" unless they "know" and then they are not talking. But, it seems plausible that something with 10% of the range and 5% of the mass would cost 10% or less.
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoRight- I think Palantir make much smaller drones, and way faster and more maneuverable, that could take out these slow moving Russian ones very easily. The capability comes more from the software than the parts list - doesn't add to the per-unit cost.
- sgt101 1y agoI think Anduril not Palantir?
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoYes - thanks.
- tim333 1y agoThe Anduril kit is expensive. "Costing from $125,000 to $500,000 per unit" https://www.businessinsider.com/anduril-roadrunner-raytheon-coyote-drones-us-navy-carriers-2025-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/anduril-roadrunner-raytheon-...
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoAnduril also have things looking more like small (cheap) consumer quadraptor drones that are really fast, and can take things out by impact, although no doubt could add an explosive charge if needed.
- xyzzyz 1y agoAnduril Anvil already has a munition variant, called Anvil-M.