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: 21 Jul 2026 01:21:47 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <2dadnRI_-Lkck8H3nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <6a5d55d9@news.ausics.net> <113l0hq$14e0h$5@dont-email.me> <113m00c$1fdi4$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net gNZOf78p2o50p6EjQGpZZQ5E0tMWAzJ4L62Kx1UZ07Tro5BH9B Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fp0rV3MGwdXNSVhGkSbmhIaal/4= sha256:f00v0KXUVaiKF1GVJU2LGIx+gqnlWDXVLZ2nCDHuUZ4= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88934 On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:21:32 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: > Plus, if the "drone defence" is firing anything that is more costly to > build than the drone itself, then there is a significant asymetric cost > factor applied to the defender as well. They are more flying sewer pipes than drones but taking out a $500 Qassam rocket with a $50,000 Tamir missile is asymmetric. A Qassam can't hit the proverbial broad side of a barn but it might get lucky and hit something other than a sheep so they can't be ignored. Something that might actually hit a HVT ups the game considerably.