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Inexpensive fiber-optic drones are challenging Israel's high-tech defenses, shifting the military balance in the Middle East.

A recent video showing an explosive-laden drone striking an Israeli Iron Dome battery couldn't have been more symbolic: Israel's famous air-defense system, which cost billions of euros, looked powerless against a small aircraft that cost a few hundred euros.

While the video's authenticity has not yet been verified, experts believe it is genuine.

The footage was published about a week ago by Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based pro-Iranian militia, which Germany, the US and several Sunni Arab states have classified as a terrorist organization.

The drone strike, if genuine, would mark propaganda victory for Hezbollah and reveal a significant vulnerability in Israel's military capabilities.

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[–] sepi@piefed.social 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

2.6 million russian kia, more wounded - Russian economists in russian economic forums in public made a claim of 600k dead russians per year of war

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's exaggerated. While real numbers are not known, Ukraine reports around 1,000 casualties per day but only around third or less of that are dead, others are injured.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Ukrainians have counted around 1.4 mill - but Ukrainians don't have precise numbers on the russians killed by their own commanders for refusing to fight or not paying enough money to their commanders. The 2.4 mill number comes from russian economists in public russian economic forums this year.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

it is that, + Palestinians + Israelies + Iranians + Lebanense + Others

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No that's just russians. No other nationality in that count.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if we count this as a world war, we should add up all deaths

[–] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago

We should but I don't have those numbers. I only have numbers for russians.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

There havent been many deaths in those conflicts(comparatively). I think it only adds an extra 85k

But you can add the Africa conflicts in and Yemen and that boosts it up quite significantly.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

There havent been many deaths in those conflicts(comparatively). I think it only adds an extra 85k

Putting aside (unintentionally?) calling the Palestinian genocide a "conflict", the last reliable death count for Gaza alone was already 186k two years ago and the rate of extermination has only INCREASED since then.

85k for Gaza, West Bank, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and other countries in the region combined is a RIDICULOUS undercount.