Iran has Trump caught on the same math that Ukraine is using against Putin: $1 million missiles, $20,000 drones

Ukraine has deployed cheap interceptor drones ($1,000–$2,000) that cost-effectively counter Iranian Shahed drones ($20,000), a tactic the U.S. military struggles to replicate due to decade-long procurement bureaucracy. The article argues the Pentagon faces an organizational, not technological, bottleneck—while Ukrainian forces innovate rapidly through battlefield necessity, U.S. military procurement timelines prevent deployment of similar solutions.