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Old Crank

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22. The problem being
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:35 AM
9 hrs ago

The interceptors are expensive and much slower to build.
Drones are cheap and can be built fast. Much the same with the Iranian missiles.

During WWII, the US constructed between 80 and 90 thousand bombers in 1944.
A huge effort. Massive scale of plane building.

Last year how many drones did the Ukraine produce?

6 million. Any wonder why there is a 40 to 50 kilometer kill zone between them and the Russian forces.
I would bet that Iran has taken notes from the Ukrainian war.

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Maybe don't attack other countries?? NoMoreRepugs 23 hrs ago #1
And don't elect leaders who commit crimes then use war to distract voters. Probatim 22 hrs ago #2
Gee! There's an idea! Exactly! paleotn 22 hrs ago #5
And if Trump diverts any US-made interceptors to Israel, it's Ukraine who suffer muriel_volestrangler 22 hrs ago #3
No guarantee we're not getting low too. paleotn 22 hrs ago #6
It's the same old tell - "yeah, we got plenty". Translation - "we're way low". flashman13 18 hrs ago #12
JMO, but my guess is that Europe will continue to supply Ukraine Deminpenn 10 hrs ago #20
The Ukraine has helped the US Old Crank 9 hrs ago #21
Good. Play stupid games, get hit by high explosives. paleotn 22 hrs ago #4
Don't worry. Iranian missile launching capacity is down 93% Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #7
As soon as you start quoting numbers with a '%' sign after them . . . Aussie105 19 hrs ago #10
... Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #14
That's an interesting philosophy FBaggins 16 hrs ago #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #23
Good one vanessa_ca 17 hrs ago #16
It would be even more Trumpian to say their missile capacity is down 900%. Intractable 16 hrs ago #18
Oopsie liberalgunwilltravel 21 hrs ago #8
Mankind is screwed. James48 20 hrs ago #9
No, just the USA. Aussie105 19 hrs ago #11
You go to an unprovoked war with the army you have... Gore1FL 18 hrs ago #13
So they can escort ships in the Hormuz Strait RainCaster 17 hrs ago #15
It's been getting hammered for days. This was just 3 hours ago vanessa_ca 17 hrs ago #17
The problem being Old Crank 9 hrs ago #22
Sounds like an Netanyahu problem. Ray Bruns 12 min ago #24
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