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And Iran's been making them in mass production.
Basically, they're Iran's Model T, but for munitions.
They're not particularly fast or nimble drones, so they're easily shot down.
We have a 90% interception rate of these drones.
But the way Jack and I think of it, these drones are less hawks and eagles, but they're more like flies and mosquitoes.
You can kill them because they're not that quick, but when they bite you, they hurt.
Oh, my God.
Yes, they do.
But Nick, our fly swatter in this analogy, it's the Patriot missile that we use to shoot them down.
And Jack, what does that cost us?
$4 million each.
That's right, besties.
Neutralizing Iran's tiny weapon costs us 200 times more than it costs them.
Now we should clarify, there are more effective anti-drone defense systems out there, but none in this region of the Middle East.
So Tehran has launched 1,200 of these drones in just three days, and we've shot 1,200 Patriot missiles just to intercept them.
Our bill is much bigger than their bill.
And whoever runs out first, that's the side that's going to be the most vulnerable.
Yetis, we've been so worried about weapons of mass destruction when it comes to Iran, understandably.
Okay, but Jack, these $20,000 drones, they can blow a $4 million hole in the U.S.
war budget like that.