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Transcript renders this as 'FAD'/'Thermal High Altitude Air Defense'; Jiang uses it as an example of expensive U.S. anti-missile defense.
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THAAD
Transcript renders this as 'FAD'/'Thermal High Altitude Air Defense'; Jiang uses it as an example of expensive U.S.
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American systems such as THAAD/Patriot are presented as strategically mismatched because they may spend millions of dollars trying to stop cheap drones and are large, slow, and visible targets.
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"They're easy to make. They make about $500 a day. Okay? And, estimates are about there's 80,000 right now that the Iranians have. So,..."
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"This missile, guys, costs one million dollars. One million dollars. So, there's this $50,000 drone coming your way and you throw a million dollar..."
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