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Re:DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate by dtquad on Monday June 17, 2024 @12:56PM (#40707948)
I don't understand why every estimate assumes Russian and Iranian engineers work for free and only include the raw material/components cost of these weapons systems.

R&D costs makes up the vast majority of the cost of Western weapons systems.

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Re:DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate by sudosysgen on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @01:10PM (#40719987)
They don't. The estimates are typically 3x-4x the cost of the raw materials. Besides, for these weapons it's the marginal cost that counts.
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