The Dangerous Economics of Drone Warfare

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Description

Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at King’s College London, points to this leveling effect when he calls drones the “the AK-47 of 21st century warfare.”

Indeed, Krieg estimated that while Iran likely spent around $3 million on the drones it launched toward Israel last week, the US, Israel and its allies probably paid closer to $1.5 billion on the weapons used to destroy them
Period19 Apr 2024
Held atBloomberg, United States

Keywords

  • Israel
  • Iran
  • drone