On a beach in Dubai, bystanders hear the now common sound of an Iranian drone's distinctive buzz. Cell phone footage captures it flying low overhead, chased by an Emirati jet. >> Wow.>> Don't worry, man. Don't worry. It's gone.Action is over. It's an Iranian shahed drone. They're cheap, mass-roduced, packed with explosives, and sent on one-way missions.Since the US and Israel launched their first missiles at Iran, Iran has launched hundreds of them in retaliation. An NBC News analysis shows the US and their ...

On a beach in Dubai, bystanders hear the now common sound of an Iranian drone's distinctive buzz. >> Cell phone footage captures it flying low overhead, chased by an Emirati jet. >> Wow.>> Don't worry, man. Don't worry. It's gone.Action is over. >> It's an Iranian Shahed drone. They're cheap, mass-roduced, packed with explosives, and sent on one-way missions.Since the US and Israel launched their first missiles at Iran, Iran has launched hundreds of them in retaliation. An NBC News analysis shows the US and ...

RT Azeem Azhar (@azeem)The interceptor maths is really tough.Iran's Shahed drone: $35K. Cost to intercept it: $500K–$4M. That's a 14:1 to 100:1 cost exchange ratio — in the attacker's favour.Bloomberg says US/Israel stocks could be depleted in days.This isn't just a military problem. It's an industrial one. An exponential gap.I built a simulator to help me understand the various points at which the interceptor crunch might happen.https://t.co/ZUGckb0oMj ...