11 MQ-9 Reaper drones reported shot down so far. Not great, not terrible.
>according to CBS newslol
Is that 0-10 or 1-11?
>>530320283Based Iran air defenses. Fuck zogbots and oven siding kikes.
>>530320283The Reapers will become the Reaped.Q predicted this
fighting against futuristic tech as someone that's only experienced 70s-90s tier analogue soviet shit would be scary but also kind of kino
>>530320283those things are a dime a dozen. It would be like you or I buying pic related.
Thoughts and prayers to Mr. and Mrs. Reaper for the sacrifice their 11 children made for the country
>>530320283They’re a bit due for an upgrade anyways. The MQ-9B and that new one they’re shilling on LinkedIn are yet to be tested
>>530320834>a dime a dozenFunny, since it took less than 2 dozen shot down by the Houthi's (over multiple months) for the zogbots to run away from Yemen.
>>530320834About $30 million apiece.
>>530321573one a day out of an inventory of several hundred isn't catastrophic, but if they are downing that many it shows they still have active low level air defense even if it's just manpads, which of course they do.
>>530320640I want general atomics to release the RAPIST DRONE
MQ-9s are meant to take losses. They're older tech from the early 2000s. The USAF has been flying classified drones for over a decade, for example the RQ-180.
They’re losing that many each day
>>530322898Friendly reminder that the drones are STILL the only us asset entering Iranian airspace.
>>530320834$30M each x 11 = $330M. there are only about 160 million tax filers in the US, so the jews effectively took $2 out of your wallet.
>>530320283Eh. They are drones. Who gives a shit.
>>530323208Upfront price is just the beginning. Add the logistics of setting the war machine into motion and you're probably a bit higher
>>530323089proofs?
>>530320413Well, there is also some footage
>>530323430another good point. also you can't forget to factor in drone officer martinez-gomez filing a PTSD claim and getting $5k/mo tax free VA disability for life.
the fact that they can fly around in broad daylight over urban areas at all doesn't look good, it means even the lowest tech AAA has been mostly taken out or hidden somewhere
>>530320283So 11 downed reapers = $330M and that is the cost of their sunken catamaran corvette. No lives lost on those reapers but a shit ton on the corvette. Sounds like a great deal to me.
>>530320283>Not great, not terrible.So, what you're saying is: "who cares?"
>>530323651you dont need much more
>>530323489>Please prove a negative!Please show me 1 single photo of a US plane currently over Iranian soil.
>>530323208>$330MOut of a trillion-dollar budget, not to mention that these are existing inventories that are nearly 2 decades old
>>530320834the iranians fear the rubberband powered toy plane
>>530320283>Not great, not terribleSo "bad". Got it. Just wondering, how many millions of US taxpayer money do we need to lose before it becomes "terrible"?
>>530323089They bombed Fordo with planes uncontested months before this war even began you dumbass.
>>530323951we had a $1.8T deficit in FY25.
>>530323951>$330 millionthat could have fed starving Americans, was just pissed away so Israel could expand its influence.
>>530320283>Not great, not terriblekek this always makes me chuckle
>>530323089>only U.S. assetThat we know about
>>530320818The Iranians produce drones, moron
>>530324084Money already spent. We also have billions for this that go to states that spend it on illegals, go bitch at them>>530324041>muh deficitThe thing that everyone stopped giving a fuck after 2012?
>>530323089That seemed to be true at the start of the war. It is no longer true. Unless you mean that US aircraft stay out while the Israeli aircraft go in, which is perhaps true if Israelis have greater risk tolerance for losing pilots.The Israelis released a video on March 6 from inside a fighter jet cockpit which was geolocated to Zanjan province.There was a recent video from Isfahan (I can't find it now) which showed a fighter jet flying above. It was during a bombing raid, so it likely was an enemy fighter jet.However, it is likely that manned aircraft only enter Iranian airspace under very limited circumstances - as part of large strike packages, and along certain corridors. It is also likely that a lot of Iranian AD still exists, it just operates in ambush mode or fleet-in-being mode in order to limit enemy aircraft movements while preserving itself.Unless the
>>530320283debunked by CENTCOM, ok sweaty
>>530323753The cost of war materiel lost on all sides is irrelevant in comparison to the economic damage of the war, especially that caused by the strait of Hormuz being closed
>>530324430hey retardo, it's sweety. Sweaty is what you do if you ever left your basement and hit the gym. Maybe you should go back to school and pay attention in English class?
>>530323996That was a mutually face-saving theater to end the war, and so had likely been negotiated with the Iranians ahead of time
>>530324384>if Israelis have greater risk tolerance for losing pilots.They do. Jews don't give a fuck about other jews. US can't afford to publicly lose planes. This is already enough of a fuck-up as it is.
>>530324590Keep coping you spamming raghead, No one gives a single fuck what you say Bunty! Keep seething and keep dying.
>>530324384Israelis sending their jets in while we’re standoff is something I’d speculate being due to sortie distance and duration relative to the carriers. I’m assuming we don’t have assets positioned there due to the fact that they’re bombarded with rockets every night; more risk in the refuel and rearm than the sortie
>>530323651Alternatively, it means Iranian AD is operating in ambush mode rather than "hold the line at all costs" mode. The former is a sustainable tactic. The latter is not a sustainable tactic; it will cause Iran to quickly lose all its AD, since AD is forced to expose itself even in inopportune circumstances.
>>530324854Most US jets operate out of Israeli and Jordanian airbases, so the distance is about the same. The US uses Ovda airbase and Muwaffaq Salti air base; this has been confirmed by satellite imagery.
>>530320283>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incidentReminds me of when they remote overrided a UAVS signals and tricked it to land thinking it was at altitude, so they could recover the tech inside
>>530324332> The thing that everyone stopped giving a fuck after 2012?The dollar used to be supported by gold, government bonds, and the fact that you're forced to use it to get oil.The gold standard is gone, government bonds don't sell anymore, so the petrodollar is the only thing that really matters.The US government will spare no expense to reopen that strait, The thing holding the dollar together is that you're forced to use it to buy oil.The US will vote infinite war budget if need be because if oil doesn't flow the dollar becomes worthless anyway.
>>530325538Not schizo, just phoneposting
>>530323990>implying you paid for them in the first placethey were paid for in the early 2000s. your taxes go to niggers and boomers.
>>530320834$34 million each is not that much money to the US government but I don't think it's that cheap either. we have ~300 of them so there's no danger of them running out any time soon but an attrition rate of ~1/day is probably giving some people headaches. I imagine it probably takes a 2-4 weeks to build one, maybe longer as its been inservice for a while now.
>>530325538That and military power in a world where much of the western powers have neutered themselves to virtue signal - we’re effectively the head of a military renter alliance. Gold standard is almost a non-factor at this point considering we’ve been off it for just over 50 years but I believe the dollar backing yas shifted from gold, to economy, to oil, to now being military/force
>>530320283Reapers are gen 1.
>>530320283>9>11
>>530323089May I see manned Iranian assets entering Israeli and American airspace? No, there are none? Hmmm....
>>530320818Ok boomer.It's the current year and they are firing hypersonic missles. It's time to lay down the jew propaganda.
>>530325538>The dollar is supposed to supported by goldAre you 125 years old?
>>530320283That's literally 30 year old tech
>>530326785>israel has lost 6-7 hermes drones
UAE also lost a chopper today. Probably an AH-64 Apache
>>530320283>Loses over 500 soldiers>Gets all military bases in the middle east destroyed>Gets an aircraft carrier sunk>Loses at least 2 B-2 bombers>Loses 11 drones>Runs out of missiles and interceptors>Declares victoryholy kek this loser is desperate
>>530322405Low level... Anon. Reapers aren't kites
>>530327871yeah they lost an aircraft carrier and are keepign it hush hush retard
>>530328498Imagine believing a single word from Trump's mouth
>>530320283dont those things cost like $50 million a piece? i thought trump said we had aerial dominance and controlled the skies over iran?
>>530320283>NOOOOO NOT THE PILOTLESS AUTONOMKUS AIRCRSFT!We send those so americans dont die. Let a million blow up.
>>530320283>drone downRemember Mogadishu?
>>530323208Oh no. We'll have to print more money!
>>530328498But he saw a video! Brown people are easy to fool with AI slop.
>>530320283Thats 11 pilots who died and drumpf covered it up. Impeach now.
>>530320818You say this as if Iran stagnated their technology and never thought to improve it. When they LITERALLY live right next to jews.
being a reaper operator looks kinda comfy
>>530320283That's what drones are for. They're disposable unmanned aircraft. Shooting down a subsonic non stealth propeller driven aircraft travelling in a straight line is the minimum possible competency for air defense. A competent air defense would have shot down hundreds by now.
>>530329590that means you get poorer>muh $110k investment portfolioi have and make a lot more money than you.
>>530321573>javelin>fired at a man
>>530329353Imagine believing 3rd worlders with an internet connection
>>530332110Nothing left but some smoking flip-flops and a sad goat.
>>530320283According to my news turd worlders are seething and coping and generating AI news.
