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

On 7/22/26 00:04, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:25:45 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     SO ... the USA/west needs something at least as good, and CHEAP, as
>>     "Irondome". This IS the paradigm for 21st century conflicts - send a
>>     swarm of hornets instead of a battleship or masses of soldiers.
> 
> 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 "MIC" has been a racket since the 50s. Even Ike
   warned about it.

> 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.

   Don't think we will ever see "GoldenDome"

> 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.

   More and more worried about the "supposed" angle ...
   figure they HAD enough 90+ percent to make several
   bombs. The old Ayatollah didn't want them to make
   bombs, but that doesn't mean they didn't have all
   the PARTS around, just waiting to be assembled.

   IronDome is GOOD ... but, as you say, Israel is
   kinda SMALL. The exact same system for the USA
   would be an impossible investment.

   However laser weapons MIGHT achieve a similar
   level of protection.