Iran's Shahed drone costs $30,000 to build. The US missile sent to destroy it? Up to $4 million. Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict journalist Ben C. Solomon wants you to do the math. Oz sits down with Ben to break down the economics driving the conflict with Iran, why the Pentagon may already be making impossible choices about what to defend, and why Ukraine — largely abandoned by the West — has quietly become the world's leading authority on drone warfare.

Additional Reading: 

• Ben C. Solomon Instagram: Just follow the money. 
• Pentagon acknowledges tough quest to counter Iranian drones | Military Times 
• US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

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