Newsweek Discovers US Could Also Use Expendable Drones in Iran, Eventually
Newsweek's recent piece, 'Uncommon Knowledge: America Could Field a Kamikaze Knockoff Against Iran,' explores the idea of the US developing inexpensive, expendable drones. The article highlights Iran's use of its Shahed drones, suggesting the US might finally catch on to cost-effective warfare. This 'discovery' conveniently forgets decades of the US funding resistance against imperialisms and
rebel groups with surprisingly effective, and often very cheap, weapons across the globe, from Afghanistan to Central America. The idea that the US military-industrial complex would embrace a 'kamikaze knockoff' over an F-35 that costs $80 million per unit (before maintenance) strains credulity. Perhaps the 'uncommon knowledge' is just that Newsweek thinks we've forgotten the price tags on
American defense contracts. One might wonder if this sudden appreciation for low-cost, high-impact weaponry is merely a rhetorical precursor to justifying another round of escalating tensions and, of course, a new line of taxpayer-funded drones that will inevitably end up costing exponentially more than initially reported. After all, why innovate when you can just rebrand decades-old tactics as
'new' and keep the defense contractors smiling all the way to the bank? (As if the US hasn't been engaged in various forms of drone warfare for ages, often with significant civilian casualties overlooked by mainstream reports.)