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There is the Qatar-Turkey pipeline project. The US had to take down Syria for it, which they did. If Qatar hurries, they can make their losses back big time. Qatar doesn't need the strait.
Lmao israel is gonna blow that up whenever they turn on Turkey.
Qatar pipeline go boom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyranger_30
Drones go boom.
You'll need a lot of those to protect a pipeline.
It’ll take a crazy number as a pipeline would be easily damaged by a VERY small (consumer size) drone.
1800km. With a radius of 3km, 300 would be needed.
That would cost about €5 billion.
https://suv.report/bundeswehr-will-500-bis-600-skyranger-30-fuer-6-bis-8-mrd-euro-beschaffen/
I would assume that's reasonable. Germany alone imports gas for €2 billion per month. Historically gas was half as expensive. So the system could pay off after a year. Including all of Europe, and reactivating old industry processes, that could be half a year or a quarter.
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/Foreign-Trade/Tables/natural-gas-monthly.html
Can these things hit 100 or 1000 swarming micro drones? I really don’t know, but would bet that it’s got a limited amount of tracking and fire-rate. At say $1000 per drone including a couple pounds of high explosive charge, I doubt a single one of these can guard any zone.
Taking you at your word for this, let's say Germany spends the 5 billion to send 300 of those to guard the pipeline. What good is that should Iran decide to use it's IRBM stock or hypersonics like the Fattah 1? Drones are only 1 part of Iran's offensive capability.
It's gas, so leaks are not a disaster. If they build the pipeline in segments, and several in parallel, then they can handle hits. 1 km pipeline can be rebuilt in a day.
Fattah 1 is a problem. It's supposed to cost $200,000. That's 5,000 for a billion. I guess I was wrong and Qatar has a problem.