Shooting Down A $20,000 Drone With A $1Mn Missile Is How Wars Are Lost
Iran is flooding the Gulf with cheap Shahed drones, which are being shot down by UAE jets using costly AIM missiles, creating an unsustainable economic burden. The cost imbalance is alarming, with Iran spending around $20,000 per drone and the UAE spending over $1 million per missile, making it a war of economics that Iran may win by default.
Iran is using cheap Shahed drones to attack the Gulf, with over 3,000 drones fired so far. The UAE is defending itself using costly AIM missiles, with each interception costing over $1 million. The drones cost around $20,000 to build, making it an unsustainable economic burden for the UAE. The UAE has destroyed over 1,600 drones since February 28, but the cost of defense is becoming a major concern. The use of fighter jets and expensive missiles is not a sustainable solution, and the UAE is looking for alternative defense systems. Ukraine has developed low-cost drone defenses, and laser systems like Iron Beam and DragonFire are being developed to counter the drone threat.
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