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Elissa Slotkin: “Cheap Iranian drones, $30,000, $40,000 drones that have been…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Intel Briefing: Slotkin's deep dive on the war in Iran, high prices, NSPM-7 and big news on AI

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

But the interesting trends in general about the war that I would just highlight to you, number one, the role of drones, particularly Cheap Iranian drones, $30,000, $40,000 drones that have been able to evade our missile defenses. and missile defenses around the country. They've hit US forces and killed US forces, they've hit our embassies, they've hit civilian targets like fancy hotels. And they are creating an asymmetric problem for us. (02:14–02:22)

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Asserts that Iranian drones costing $30,000-$40,000 can evade U.S. missile defenses.

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