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The problem is this:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/us-firm-drone-...

If you can't defend yourself, then it is increasingly difficult to attack.

I have no idea what a drone factory is, but my mental image is a building with drone parts on one side, people assembling with glue, screwdrivers and soldering irons in the middle, and finished drones in boxes at the far end. It that building is destroyed by a missile you've lost a few drones and a building. No people were hurt, so just move to a new building.

The images out of Russia are a little different. Billions of dollars of plant and equipment blown up, hundreds of ships disabled, entire Wildberry warehouses covering acres going up in smoke. It doesn't seem to be in the same ballpark as a few days outage while you move stock and employees to a new location.

Maybe I'm missing something.

You seem to be only applying this observation to one side, though. Russian arms manufacturing has come under attack too.

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