▲ 29 ▼ What Makes Rapid Ranger So Dangerous for Shaheds—And Why Ukraine Keeps Using It (united24media.com) submitted 5 months ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hauke@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children) Sounds great. Is it better (cheaper, easier to produce) than IRIS-T SLM? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 5 months ago I don't have numbers for you, but it'll definitely be cheaper to produce. The two systems aren't really competitors, they're built for different roles. Rapid Ranger is the lightweight and cheap one for countering more numerous threats, Iris-T SLM is the fancy high-capability one for countering more rarer but more difficult threats permalink fedilink source parent [–] hoch@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Roughly 10x cheaper from what I'm seeing ($50,000/missile vs $500,000/missile) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 5 months ago I don't have numbers for you, but it'll definitely be cheaper to produce. The two systems aren't really competitors, they're built for different roles. Rapid Ranger is the lightweight and cheap one for countering more numerous threats, Iris-T SLM is the fancy high-capability one for countering more rarer but more difficult threats permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoch@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Roughly 10x cheaper from what I'm seeing ($50,000/missile vs $500,000/missile) permalink fedilink source parent
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