Iran claimed to have shot one Reaper down during U.S. strikes on Tuesday.
    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      9·
      7 hours ago

      Yeah I love that I can just fully cheer for them to be shot down and I don’t have to feel bad that soldiers are dying.

    • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      8·
      7 hours ago

      Are you getting your figure from an updated source? The article says:

      “The Air Force announced its final five-year purchasing contract forReapers in 2020, and manufacturer General Atomics closed the production line last year after building 575 of them. The final lot cost about $16 million each when purchased in a batch of four, according to C. Mark Brinkley, a General Atomics spokesman.”

      • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world
        9·
        5 hours ago

        I had heard anywhere from 15-50 depending on load out, $30M is from Ars,

        “military’s current reliance on drones and crewed aircraft, each costing more than $30 million,”

        I might’ve been wrong, of course. Million here, million there, soon you’re talking about real money

    • Akh@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 hours ago

      Yep, the us has demonstrated to the world how combat ineffective they are against a remotely developed country

      • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Our issue is that we have lots of bombs and no stomach at all for boots on the ground. (The last part is a good thing in my book). Hard to be effective with our politics and MIC