Ukraine's demonstrated, and even exported, their anti-drone technology. Which is even cheaper drones.
Countermeasures against those would have to be *even cheaper*.
The drones are targeted via video, whether infrared or visible or both, whether human or software, or both, making decisions
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Last week, we all saw those Chechen soldiers firing their (most likely) Verba or Igla manpads from that crowded road bridge in Moscow.
Each of those shoulder-fired missiles cost more than the drone it was fired at
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Ukraine just struck an oil refinery 2,000 km inside Russia with a $50,000 drone. That reach used to take a $500,000 cruise missile.
Fire Point's upgraded FP-1 now flies three times as far as the original—and the company builds hundreds a day. euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/21/3...