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0 pointsswiftcoder8d ago0 comments

> $1k active countermeasures

Sure you didn't forget a few zeros there bud?

They are currently trying to shoot down Iranian drones with $4 million Patriot missiles

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cucumber37328428d ago

>Sure you didn't forget a few zeros there bud?

The IR flare or 30mm bullets or whatever, not the whole system that fires it.

swiftcoderOP8d ago

The $4 million is the sticker price of the PAC-3 payload, not the launch system (reports put the missile battery + radar setup at ~$350 million, before you load any ammo)

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