How Drones Are Revolutionizing the Economics of War

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Published 2024-04-19
Israel and its allies, including the US, UK, and France, managed to mostly foil a massive drone and missile attack by Iran, retaliation for a strike on its consulate in Syria. The unprecedented onslaught showed how much drones have changed war. While worries about Israel’s response and regional escalation increase, one thing is clear: the manufacturing of Iran's Shahed-136 drones has changed the economics of war. Their use by Houthis in the Red Sea and Russia in Ukraine illustrate the new reality, that inexpensive but accurate technology allows anyone who wields it to wreak asymmetrical damage in any theater of war.

Read more on Bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-08/iran-s-…

Chapters:
00:57 — Israel Under Attack
1:42 — Asymmetrical Warfare and Drones
2:44 — The Shahed-136 Drone
3:41 — The Economics of Drone Warfare
4:31 — Drones in the Red Sea and Ukraine
5:16 — Supplying Modern Armies

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All Comments (21)
  • @keyvankavieyani70
    With this attack, Iran wanted to prove that a country with a history of 75 years cannot attack Iran with a history of 5000 years
  • @LawatheMEid
    Nice discussion, btw the building that was bombed next to the Iranian embassy was the iranian consulate.
  • @dhirendrakumar276
    So, in a nutshell, defence companies which make tens of billions of dollars selling weapons would need government promise/money to consider production of cheap drones 👍
  • @ascendrio
    That's so smart, getting the military industrial complex where it hurts them the most - their pockets.
  • @koiyujo1543
    the U.S. and israel spent about 1.3 billion dollars on that day with missiles to defend israel... iran probably with those older drone models they used were just in the few millions along with their missiles, that shows how utterly insanely cheap these things are
  • @glorykabwayi2439
    "Israel hit a building near the Iranian embassy." 😂 😂 😂 wow you gotta be kidding me...
  • @ashkanshekarchi7753
    It was not a building, it was Iranian consulate targeted by Israeli state terrorism. Don’t mischaracterize and deceive your audience.
  • @kchabangu
    Wait why is Irans attack labeled as unprecedented?
  • @Liverham78
    Bloomberg’s audaciously saying Israel bombed a building close to Iran’s Embassy? 😅. The reality Israel bombed a annex building of Iran’s Embassy
  • @sayydo1
    misleading commentary in the video , Israel bombed the consulate not a building close to the consulate.
  • @petergreen5337
    Simplicity at the core . NECESSITY is the MOTHER of INVENTION.
  • @mewmewvizviz4801
    It was consulate section of the embassy, not a building, you assume the people fool.
  • @RealityCheck6969
    I saw a video where one $500 fpv drone with a grenade killed 4 russian infantry men. Do I have to say more? The operator is 10 km away and they used a "mother" drone for extended longer range communications. That is nuts!
  • @sha29i
    "If everything had gone to plan?" Lol, sure is that why they gave them 72 hours notice? Adorable.