[Combat] Ukrainian Osa SAM system shoots down a Russian UAV. : ukraine@sopuli.xyz

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (10 children)

The interceptor looks like it cost 20x the uav, ugh

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz [S] 13 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

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).

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (5 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?

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago (2 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.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

In zweifacher Ausführung, laminiert und unterschrieben, bitte!

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[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz [S] 3 points 4 months ago

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

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[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months 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.

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