And the current interceptor doctrine is to fire two interceptors at each incoming missile, so we’re shooting $8 million at every $50k Iranian missile. We’re weeks at best from running out, and Iran makes more missiles in a month than we make interceptors in a year. That’s not even considering things like the Shahed drones which the Pentagon has already said we don’t have a good answer for.
It honestly seems low. The patriot interceptor system costs $1B each and each rocket fired to attempt to intercept an incoming missile costs $4M.
And the current interceptor doctrine is to fire two interceptors at each incoming missile, so we’re shooting $8 million at every $50k Iranian missile. We’re weeks at best from running out, and Iran makes more missiles in a month than we make interceptors in a year. That’s not even considering things like the Shahed drones which the Pentagon has already said we don’t have a good answer for.
I’m sure the Department of
defensewar planned for this … right? … RIGHT?