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The Pentagon is deploying to the Middle East a new kamikaze drone copied from a widely used Iranian version, turning to a crude but effective weapon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

The one used Nov. 7 was typical of UAVs used in crude but effective one-way “kamikaze” strikes, he said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021

Another work curls delicate flowers around the jawbone of an ass, Samson’s crude but effective weapon against uncultured Philistines.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2019

Since the beginning of 2018, Kim has shown signs that, after having developed what he considers a crude but effective nuclear deterrent, he’s interested in restarting limited diplomatic engagement with the rest of the world.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018

Out in the yard you see an ash hopper for running the lye to make soap, maybe a few bee gums sawed from hollow logs, and a crude but effective cider press.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace




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