Cheap Laser Air Defense.

[KG1]

Israeli Prime minister claims they have developed a laser missile defense system that only costs $2 per incoming missile interception. That's right $2.

Israeli prime minister: Laser air defense to cost $2 per missile interception

Israel's new laser-based air defense system will cost just $2 per interception, the country's leader announced Wednesday.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[jerrob]

There's a joke in that post wanting out really bad.....................I'll refrain.

 

[chezuki]

There's a joke in that post wanting out really bad.....................I'll refrain.

Shalom.

 

[KG1]

There's a joke in that post wanting out really bad.....................I'll refrain.

Yeah. I like to think that I have a pretty good sense of humor, but I have to admit I'm not seeing it. That doesn't mean that it may not be there.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Yeah. I like to think that I have a pretty good sense of humor, but I have to admit I'm not seeing it. That doesn't mean that it may not be there.

There are certain stereotypes who are known for being cheap. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[jerrob]

The original price was $4 per missle, but the Israeli government "caucasioned" them down to $2

Yeah. I like to think that I have a pretty good sense of humor, but I have to admit I'm not seeing it. That doesn't mean that it may not be there.

That's about the best I can do and hope to remain a member on here.

 

[KG1]

I get the reference now. I thought it was related to my own post and not what was posted in the article. Which I did read.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I get the reference now. I thought it was related to my own post and not what was posted in the article. Which I did read.

I was trying to come up with something having to do with cats and laser pointers. Like the laser defense didn't actually destroy the missiles, it just distracted them.

 

[KG1]

I was trying to come up with something having to do with cats and laser pointers. Like the laser defense didn't actually destroy the missiles, it just distracted them.

Yeah, I was too focused on trying to find the joke wanting to get out in what I had posted to even think about what was posted in the article where the actual joke was. I read my post forward and backward thinking where the hell is the damn joke?

 

[Twangbanger]

Hmm. Operating Kilowatt cost maybe, but I don't think the arab world _has_ enough missiles to get that system cost down to $2 per hit in any reasonable lifecycle.

I am impressed at how far these systems have come. They have gone from being almost not worth it in the tech demos of the 80s, to being a really viable battlefield tool. It has the potential to eventually be much more cost effective than flooding the sky with shrapnel from an Iron Dome (even though that is a good system, for what they're using it for).

 

[Timjoebillybob]

The original price was $4 per missle, but the Israeli government "caucasioned" them down to $2


That's about the best I can do and hope to remain a member on here.

Close per the article they originally said $3.50. And since I'm supposedly part ethnically jewish can I say it?

Hmm. Operating Kilowatt cost maybe, but I don't think the arab world _has_ enough missiles to get that system cost down to $2 per hit in any reasonable lifecycle.

I am impressed at how far these systems have come. They have gone from being almost not worth it in the tech demos of the 80s, to being a really viable battlefield tool. It has the potential to eventually be much more cost effective than flooding the sky with shrapnel from an Iron Dome (even though that is a good system, for what they're using it for).

Yeah, that's what they say in the article cost for the electricity. Heck I know they get a lot thrown at them, but even with only one guy manning it labor cost has to be higher than that.