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Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future (www.economist.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's what it costs in Russia and North Korea. In the EU the costs are as I cited. And there are no production capacities at the volume required. China stopped exporting the specific type of cotton used for cordite production. Nitric acid is expensive and hard to get.

You can print billions of banknotes easily. You cant do that with millions of shells.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

russia and nk uses 152mm, not 155mm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am aware. The 3 mm calibre difference has no impact on fabrication costs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the difference is in different cost of workforce, different manufacturing standards, different materials, different fill, different fuze (easily 1/3 of cost),

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

In terms of bucks per kill the West is doing an order of magnitude worse.