Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:39:40 +0100 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <2dadnRI_-Lkck8H3nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <6a5d55d9@news.ausics.net> <113l0hq$14e0h$5@dont-email.me> <113m00c$1fdi4$1@dont-email.me> <113ms5i$1n2nt$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net IyuxD1pYGjLDLqyESuPQKABEsMwyeCh7DXqUyZM9SvpVNuNbkF Cancel-Lock: sha1:dXTYzcEhfJhDUzCrGXPnRK9lYkA= sha256:AYNECenvik73yGiP3yfSu5W/qXKdz3v7+eFuveCLikU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <113ms5i$1n2nt$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88946 Rich wrote: > at a 100:1 cost ratio, someone can lob 100 Qassam rockets > towards a single target for the price of one Tamir missle. Even if the > Tamir could somehow take out 99 of the Qassam's (it can't) that still > leaves one that will explode somewhere the defender really does not > want explosions happening. > > If two Tamir's are used against the swarm, then the swarm could be 200 > large before it again cost the same as the two missles. And two > missles won't take out all 200 incoming, so still, one or more > explosions somewhere you'd rather not have any explosions. Isn't this where AI steps in and says "A strange game, the only winning move is not to play"? FX: hollow-laughter