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Cheap Drones Are Rewriting the Economics of European Air Defense

Cheap attack drones costing tens of thousands of dollars are forcing European militaries to rethink one of the most basic calculations of modern air defense: how much should it cost to destroy an incoming threat? The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that a defender can technically win an interception while losing economically, particularly when missiles […]

Cheap Drones Are Rewriting the Economics of European Air Defense

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Cheap attack drones costing tens of thousands of dollars are forcing European militaries to rethink one of the most basic calculations of modern air defense: how much should it cost to destroy an incoming...

The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that a defender can technically win an interception while losing economically, particularly when missiles […]

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Cheap attack drones costing tens of thousands of dollars are forcing European militaries to rethink one of the most basic calculations of modern air defense: how much should it cost to destroy an incoming threat? The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that a defender can technically win an interception while losing economically, particularly when missiles […]

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