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60 MinutesMarch 15, 20260m
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Iranian forces wage asymmetric warfare by launching cheap, low-tech drones across the Persian Gulf, forcing the US to counter with multimillion-dollar anti-missile interceptors costing $4 million per shot. A new weapon promises to slash that expense to under $5 per interception. This shift could neutralize the cost imbalance in drone defense.

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They call it asymmetric warfare. Iranian attacks with cheap low-tech drones across the Persian Gulf while the US tries to shoot them down with anti-missile interceptors that cost millions. Could this weapon be the answer? The cost per shot goes from $4 million a shot to less than $5 a

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