Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s Date: 20 Jul 2026 18:01:46 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <2dadnRI_-Lkck8H3nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <6a5d55d9@news.ausics.net> <113l0hq$14e0h$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net pXOZA1vkKZrb9ca1oK2VDAxgRZ8KqbFWO6oh6zDSm2h4Ft1GTE Cancel-Lock: sha1:PP2tvjg2Mqj2Agul+aKV4GZSWG4= sha256:ana4OE6q+4M121ZPnZISstHGDfKieFeC5bnx8tWw+w4= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88924 On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:24:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 19/07/2026 23:55, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> rbowman wrote: >>> On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:38:31 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>>> Meanwhile, everything made in USA costs a million dollars per >>>> unit and take forever to build. >>> >>> I forget who said 'Generals do not end wars; accountants do.' >>> Estimates vary but the Tamir missile used by Iron Dome costs around >>> $50K. When you use them to blow up a $5K DJI drone the costs add up >>> fast. That's chicken feed compared to the cost of a Tomahawk. >> >> The USA and Israel are getting deep into laser weapons now > > UK already has them DragonFire might be operational next year and may live up to the hype. Apparently US air defense systems aren't 100% successful, The media seem reluctant to examine the repercussions of Iran hitting US assets in Jordan.