alt Hacker NewsYour drone needs to be cheaper than what you're killing, so if your target profile is 50k+ USD and up, a $10000 even is fine (not that it would need to be even 10k).
Your drone needs to be cheaper than what you're killing, so if your target profile is 50k+ USD and up, a $10000 even is fine (not that it would need to be even 10k).
Your oversimplification bakes in too many assumptions.
The relative financial cost to the enemy is almost irrelevant if they are much wealthier than you are.
What matters most is the intangible military value of the item.
In too many situations people think simplistically about dollars, when what matters is invisible or intangible values. The hyperfocus on money is especially egregious among people that don't have much.