The missile costs ~$56K, which is roughly the same cost as an upgraded Shahed. The UAV in the video appears to be either a Shahed or Gerbera ($10K Shahed decoy).

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

For real? Must be locally manufactured in Ukraine, I'm guessing.

Absolutely zero chance an American or European contractor could build that rocket for $60K, surely?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could they build it for 60k or less? Probably.

Would they actually sell the damn thing for less than six digits? I’m skeptical.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Germany would spend $60K just on the export paperwork.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

In zweifacher Ausführung, laminiert und unterschrieben, bitte!

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Ukraine develops new domestically produced missile for the Osa-AKM air defense system.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The war is really showing us how much we've been conned, lobbied, and bribed by our respective MICs into paying too much money for overly expensive and ineffective boondoggles.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How much is life? That drone is death.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not criticizing the use of the interceptor I'm bemoaning the attacker advantage.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Very true.

[–] wearebettertogether@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Am I the only one that thinks this looks a little like AI? That is a LOT of sunflowers ... they look perfect.

[–] Burstar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

It helps they are getting tons of fertilizer. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

You don't expect a lot of sunflowers on a sunflower field?