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> I don't think "slingshot" is the right analogy here. I think it's perfect - a very valid "David vs Goliath" reference.

• epistasis 7mo ago
  Ah, I hadn't thought of that sort of slingshot! I was thinking more "primitive rock throwing."
  • zer00eyz 7mo ago
    There is also a cost aspect of it as well. The long range drones that are being shot down are the "expensive products" of a military industrial complex. The US solution to this problem is even more expensive. For the cost the Ukraine's solution might as well be a rock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(drone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(drone)
• larkost 7mo ago
  Note that it is wrong to think that David was at a disadvantage. I know that is not how the story is taught today, but slingshot troops of that age we the snipers of their age: very deadly (not at the range of a modern sniper, but...). If the fight between them was started at some distance, the David should have been the expected winner by pretty much everyone on the field. Think "bright a club to a gun fight" sort of vibes.
  • bluGill 7mo ago
    David had a sling, not a slingshot. They are very different tools. slings need more skill, but are easy for a shepard to learn. (I suspect more powerful as well but I'm not an expert)