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What Makes Rapid Ranger So Dangerous for Shaheds—And Why Ukraine Keeps Using It (united24media.com)
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[-] hauke@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds great. Is it better (cheaper, easier to produce) than IRIS-T SLM?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

I don't have numbers for you, but it'll definitely be cheaper to produce. The two systems aren't really competitors, they're built for different roles. Rapid Ranger is the lightweight and cheap one for countering more numerous threats, Iris-T SLM is the fancy high-capability one for countering more rarer but more difficult threats

[-] hoch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Roughly 10x cheaper from what I'm seeing ($50,000/missile vs $500,000/missile)

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