[cryptonector]

Imagine the cost of a shahed drone being as low as $5,000, or less. Imagine the cartels south of the U.S. having tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of them. It could get painful fast. That's one thing this war is showing.

[01100011]

Things are cheap and easy enough that this sort of state of the art warfare is accessible to individuals.

It was obvious ten years ago that this was coming, but saying so just made you sound crazy.

I said a similar thing when the Nordstream pipeline was popped. Basically anyone with, say, $400k to rent a boat and a work class underwater ROV could have done it. Sure, pricey, but that's low enough that a single individual could have financed it.

[kaashif]

If the cartels attack American civilian infrastructure with drones, the American public will support a full on land invasion and annexation of Mexico if they're told that will make it stop.

[jandrewrogers]

Those supply chains are highly visible and relatively limited. Building a vast number of Shahed-level drones is going to be noticed long before you actually build them.

[marcosdumay]

You mean more visible than a drug distribution network?

I dunno anyway. Buying a roll of a thousand of some component here and there wouldn't appear on anybody's radar. Maybe the motors would be a problem, but then, Mexico has enough good enough motor factories.

[cryptonector]

Sure hope so. But what if it's a partnership with parts of the Mexican army or something?

[ilovecake1984]

This makes no sense. The only real danger are religious nutters like Iran, USA and Israel. Everyone else just wants to make money.

[_heimdall]

So its your argument that if the US, Iran, and Israel laid down arms the world would find an indefinite peace?

[ilovecake1984]

No.

[_heimdall]

So what is the point of calling out three countries and saying they are the only real dangers?

[ilovecake1984]

That’s not what I said.