Since July 24, Romanian F-16s have been shooting down Shahed drones with $400,000 AIM-9X missiles. The drone itself costs about $35,000.
Even NATO’s own coverage admits it: that math doesn’t hold up for long.
That’s why we built AIR by General Cherry specifically for interception.
It doesn’t replace air defense, it handles the targets where firing a missile just isn’t worth it.
It takes off, catches the enemy drone in the air, and takes it down. Up to 35 minutes of flight time, 170 km/h, spots a target from 1,500 meters out.
It costs UAH39,900, around $900, against targets worth anywhere from $10,000 to $420,000.
One time it even took down a “Spider-Man” drone — there’s video from the Strazh unit of Azov.
That’s where the math of this war is actually being decided.
Not in a €400,000 missile but in who can catch up cheaper.
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