LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 6 days ago[Combat] Ukrainian Osa SAM system shoots down a Russian UAV.files.catbox.moevideomessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1video[Combat] Ukrainian Osa SAM system shoots down a Russian UAV.files.catbox.moeLaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 6 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoFor 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?
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThe 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.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoCould they build it for 60k or less? Probably. Would they actually sell the damn thing for less than six digits? I’m skeptical.
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoGermany would spend $60K just on the export paperwork.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIn zweifacher Ausführung, laminiert und unterschrieben, bitte!
minus-squareLaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoUkraine develops new domestically produced missile for the Osa-AKM air defense system.
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?
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.
Could they build it for 60k or less? Probably.
Would they actually sell the damn thing for less than six digits? I’m skeptical.
Germany would spend $60K just on the export paperwork.
In zweifacher Ausführung, laminiert und unterschrieben, bitte!
Ukraine develops new domestically produced missile for the Osa-AKM air defense system.