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2 months ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)
I agree on your last point. The part of US doctrain that is outdated is the focus on small numbers of extremely expensive high performance weapons. It looks good in limited engements when they kick the shit out of lesser militaries, but against a near-equal, the stocks would be depleted almost immediately.
Iran knows this but I dont think they have the production capacity to capitalize on it, even with each engagement being massively more costly for the US than for Iran. The US also knows it and is trying to adapt. New interceptors are in development that at less than 1/10th the cost of the previous generation. It remains to be seen if this will actually come to fruition without the military industrial complex bloating the project for more profit.
Iran knows this but I dont think they have the production capacity to capitalize on it, even with each engagement being massively more costly for the US than for Iran. The US also knows it and is trying to adapt. New interceptors are in development that at less than 1/10th the cost of the previous generation. It remains to be seen if this will actually come to fruition without the military industrial complex bloating the project for more profit.