c/world · by Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone · 213dUS sends copycat drones to the Middle East to 'flip script' on Iran https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-24/us-copy-replica-iran-shahed-kamikaze-attack-drone-strikes-trump/10623281824 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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sramder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 212d
Somehow, I am 100% sure that our version still costs 1000% of the price even though we completely copied it 😑
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 212d
According to the graphic in the article the US clone is 35k a pop where the low end estimate of the production cost of Shaheds is 20k a pop.
sramder@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
I stand corrected.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 212d
Having it assembled by someone who makes slightly over 11 cents an hour probably has something to do with that.
sramder@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
China’s making them for us? 😉
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 212d
Maeve@kbin.earth · 0 pts · 213d
Evil empire goes full throttle.