Why didn't the US military invest in cheap drones instead of hyper expensive planes and warships with laser beams?
Institutional rot
>why isnt America poor like Iran?That is a brown question, asked by a brown flag.
>>530375812Jews
>>530375812>Low-cost>Unmanned>Combat>Attack>SystemWhy not both?
Iran is believed to have $1.5 billion worth of Shaheds, what have they really achieved with them?
>>530376193If you've been following the past week, a lot actually.>>530376022Cause they're 4-10x the price and do nothing better, nor do we have the manufacturing capacity to make thousands
>>530375812The military industrial complex can't make a profit on cheap drones. They need to sell meme weapons like lazer beans and thaadeus
>>530375812profit margins on cheap drones are low
>>530376264Define "a lot". Aren't most of their leaders dead?
>>530375812How could they rob the taxpayer if they did that?
>>530376270Lmao
>>530375812>HUBRIS
>>530375812because one torpedo so far has still killed more military personnel than thousands of those things
>>530375812The military just outright copied Iran's drone and called it the LUCAS. It doesn't really solve anything regarding the US' war in Iran though.
>>530375812Because it wouldnt be cheap once America starts making them, a $50 hammer cost $10,000 when the military buys it
>>530376317Iran's leadership is decentralized as fuck. Cutting off the head just made everyone angrier but surprisingly level headed.
>>530375812What are LUCAS
>>530375812>military industrial complex>cheap stuff
>>530376548>Shaheds are good because if you kill your enemy, they win
>>530375923That is a jewish response, posted by a jewish flag
>>530375812Why did the USA apparently learn nothing from 4+ years of war in Ukraine?
>>530376548We got too used to fighting shit hole dictatorships, we forgot that Iran is run by a military that cosplays as a super religious theocracy. They had their mosaic doctrine and deep mountain infrastructure developed well in advanced of any potential American invasion. The fact that current drone tech synergizes so well with their defense strategy is just the cherry on top desu.
>>530376744Post pump prices plz
>>530376748For what it's worth, they have a lot of drone stuff in development.
>>530375812>why did thieving scammers stop doing nonstop shekel griftingIt's a mystery.
>>530376637The Lucas already cost more than the Shahed and I'm fully expecting the costs to balloon up in their usual fashion.
>>530375812Cheap drones can't defend military bases
>>530375812Good.
>>530375812It uses both. Irans shit drones are t very effective, americas expensive planes are very effective.
>>530376193they've taken out billions in radars alone with them. not to mention shutting down refineries and closing the strait with them.
I swear this has entire board has become speculative fanfiction. Everything is either 'proof' of someone winning or AI generated cope. Media has been compromised since they've been so reliably wrong on all sides for over a decade now, so that's a useless metric. At this point, all I can do is look out the window and see that things State-side are still boring as fuck and none of our major cities got Sodom and Gomorrah'd yet.
>>530375812you can steal more money from the tax payer if you work on big expansive project.
>>530375812only good use of them is to attack stationary easily flammable objects otherwise they are functionally useless, you can her them from far away and bomb load is small you will be unharmed by being in a room next to explosion (probably not in armerican chipboard house)
>>530375874Into cheap drones. Many are being destroyed by helicopter chain guns, watch the videos posted by the Gulf States. Flight as in planes do far more.Suicide drones are a cheap exploit where technology is faster catching up. I liked to see them become far more defensive. Swarm to stop missiles. Drone grids with electronic netting for anti air.Instead of an exploit where technology hasn't caught alongside yet. Make no mistake it is
>>530377089Where/when?
>>530375812shitty profit margins on cheap and practical gear
>>530375812jews scam hundreds of billions of dollars from US taxpayers. Why the fuck would they not scam more hundreds of billions through expensive useless shit from the military-industrial complex? Making cheap and effective weapons works against the profits of the jews.
>>530377028Expensive interceptors can't seem to either.
>>530375812We did. Next question
Drones are the culmination of several technologies...Navigation by GPSAutomated PID loopsPayload activation techniques.It's a weekend at berries technology...that becomes a full blown thesis.Any competent aviation college department can make a functional design in a weekend. But the underlying tech is what makes it good.The Shaheed is just a fucking motor with a frame. Simple and easy to deploy, no electronics so it can't be jammed.Send and forget is easy when you can do the triangulation math for terrain and all that jazz
>>530375812Because for drones to get within US airspace, the enemy has to get past the hyper expensive planes and warships with laser beams.Do ya get it now?
>>530376433/thread
>>530377443>Automated PID loops>Payload activation techniques
>>530376548>Level headed>Bomb all your neighbors so they back up the guy kicking your assLmaoStupid brownie
>>530376264They literally fit their shit kicked in and is has no boots on the ground. They are worthless.
>>530376433>copiedImproved*
>>530377028Cheap drones are just suicide bombs. Very little tactical advantage especially in the upcoming advanced warfare with autonomous drones. Only dumb niggers care about them.
>>530376856post nose kike
>>530375812and where is the money in that?the military industrial complex exists to make the investors of the private defense companies profit not to make a strong efficient army.
>>530377645It was a retarded move on their part but it had the unintended consequence of showing the other raghead nations in the region that america is willing to sacrifice them the drones so as to keep supplying Israel with interceptors. No one wants to be the low man on the totem pole and I'd wager the other countries leaders are seething about being seen as expendable by america. No matter how this plays out they won't forget that slight going forward and will act accordingly going forward
>>530375812To their credit the US military made a shahed copy and got it fully operational in like 9 monthsActually very impressiveHere's one that got downed, apparently they were used in the Maduro op but details are scarce
>>530375812Because the likes of Lockheed and Raytheon make far more money by gouging the taxpayer with useless shit like THAAD.
>>530379197Are you retarded or something? The Shahed is based on a german drone made in the 80s. The mutts bought the plans, gave it to israel, then the iranians found a crashed drone and reverse engineered it. Then they gave the plans to Russia who created the most advanced version, the Geran.The US is literally decades behind, despite having literally everything possible.>>530375812The M-I complex exists to make money, not to win wars. You make the most money on decades long quagmires like Afghanistan, not quick and decisive victories.
The US isnt choosing not to make cheap drones it literally CANT anymore. Look at the LUCAS they tried to copy a cheap Iranian drone and its already more expensive and behind scheduleWhen your system is built on $10,000 hammers and meme weapons like laser beams to satisfy greedy contractor lol
