• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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        Iraq was a lot of ground level arms and MANPADs don’t have the operational ceiling to reach a recon drone.

        Iran has been readying themselves for American aggression since the 70s so they have a plan for drones.

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        Maybe it’s a sample size issue. They were a less common in the 2000s. Also Iran is a lot bigger, more populous, and technologically advanced than Iraq was at that time.

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        While Bush was a fuckwit, though less so than Trump, Bush actually let real military people make desicions on the frontlines instead of having his uneducated golf buddies decide.

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    They’ve “lost” about 20 of them since their illegal, perfidious attack on Iran. They really should be more careful.

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    Probably something on the ground interfered with it. Attacking sensors tends to be easier than protecting them. And the US leadership is arrogant enough to believe they’re untouchable.