Iran war sparks rush for South Korea’s cheap Patriot-style interceptor (www.straitstimes.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 08:15
https://lemmy.nz/post/35773512

In the spotlight is South Korea’s home-grown surface-to-air missile, Cheongung, also known as M-SAM, which has emerged as a viable alternative to the US-made Patriot system as Gulf nations bolster defences against Iran’s barrage of drone and missile attacks.

The key selling point for manufacturers Hanwha Aerospace and LIG Nex1: similar performance to the US$4 million (S$5.1 million) Patriot PAC-3 missile for about a quarter of the price.

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manxu@piefed.social on 25 Mar 14:05 next collapse

One of the weird problems of American weapons exports in the future is that the domestic market (the USA/the Pentagon) is so bloated, it’s entirely price-insensitive. It’s similar to the situation in health care - who is going to take the $200 hospital gown, when you can buy one from Temu for $2?

One of the lessons I learned during the Dot Com Bust in 2000 was that cheap infrastructure is a huge competitive advantage. All the startups that did Oracle on Sun Microsystems died, only the rack-mount cheapo servers running Linux/FreeBSD survived. Ukraine is showing how it’s done in drone warfare, South Korea apparently in SAM defense systems, I wonder what Taiwan has come up with.

org2001@lemmy.radio on 25 Mar 20:24 next collapse

We shouldn’t be using US$ 1 Million interceptors to shoot down drones which cost US$ 50000/-. Apparently, Iran has a stockpile of about 80000 drones … We definitely need cheaper options which can be mass produced and which has a high kill ratio.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz on 26 Mar 03:14 collapse

CRAM go brrrt

Just about the only idea I have on the subject as I’m not a military expert.

TransNeko@lemmy.world on 26 Mar 01:49 collapse

$4 million per SAM missile and America still fails to stop Iran’s tin cans? boy I wonder where all that money really goes. talk about a waste of money.