Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:27:01 +0200, s|b wrote:

> On 22 Jul 2026 04:04:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> Tamir rockets aren't cheap. However the US has provided about $2.6
>> billion to the program. I assume much of that trickled back to
>> Raytheon.
>> 
>> The US will have the Golden Dome sometime around the 12th of Never.
>> Being Trump, it has to be Golden of course. I think someplace buried in
>> the Pentagon Reagan's Star Wars scheme is alive and well on a
>> ventilator. CHEAP ain't happening.
>> 
>> You need to do a reality check about Iron Dome. Israel is larger than
>> Connecticut and smaller than New Jersey. That doesn't scale well to the
>> US or even Europe. It might work for Slovenia.
>> 
>> That bit of reality amazes me. If the Arabs ever got their act together
>> they should be able to roll up the country like a rug. Of course there
>> is Big Brother and the supposed atomic bombs.
> 
> You have any doubt they are there?

I have no doubt they are there, developed using technology pilfered from 
the US. It was an ironical statement since Israel has never allowed any 
inspections, signed any treaties, or otherwise acknowledged their 
existence.

If it's a bluff it's a ballsy one.