Iranian drones and missiles have been slamming into cities across the Middle East for three days. Gulf states with some of the best air defense arsenals are discovering the difficulty in dealing with cheap, slow drones arriving in waves. A single THAAD anti-ballistic missile interceptor costs $13 million. The Shahed drone costs roughly $20,000.

Ukraine has learned this lesson over four years of daily combat. Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s Minister of Industry, explained it to me:

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“All of Iran’s neighbors face the same two threats: missiles and drones. Intercepting them with traditional missile systems is extremely expensive. In Ukraine, we learned how to shift that equation. We developed drone interceptors that are far cheaper and far more efficient for this type of threat. Today, we are able to take down more than 90% of the Shahed drones targeting our country, with the most........

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