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Old 21st Dec 2023, 18:00
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Ninthace
 
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Originally Posted by ORAC
That works if you have enough defensive missiles to keep protecting the target, but if they can mass produce the $10K drones and send 30-60 a day you run out and the expensive target is destroyed anyway.

and a lot of targets, like electricity substations are so n7merous that yo7 can’t afford enough of the expensive systems like NSAM to cover them all.
That is true, but it is not quite the same argument and producing a cheaper defence system is not the only solution.
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