Comment by SideburnsOfDoom

Right - the relative cost matters very much.

A Shahed drone costs $20K each. The Patriot missile interceptor costs $4 Mil each.

And the inevitable result is that the interceptors run out first

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-war-israel-tells-us-...

https://www.economist.com/international/2026/03/13/gulf-stat...

https://bsky.app/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mgrvx5gr...

The only lasting solution to low-cost drone attacks is low-cost defences. Ukraine knows this. The US apparently does not yet. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/10/what-are-the-ukrain...

But the end result is not "low-cost drones are just a fad." it's drones vs. more drones vs. yet more drones.