mhoyeMar 13

Two posts in my feed today. In the first, what looks like four air-defense interceptors - Patriots, maybe? - missing an incoming Iranian missile.

In the second, the Ukranian military celebrating a soldier with a record six Shahed interceptions in one day.

I know they're not the same, I get it but Patriot missiles cost $4,000,000 each. Just for the missile, not the platform/deployment.

Those Sting FPV interceptors cost $700.

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Attached: 1 video The US base in Fujairah, UAE was seen being struck around 1am on March 11th, which has become routine. Video filmed by sailors showed 4-6 US missile interceptors missing the incoming Iranian missile before it struck the base. Costing a minimum of $16M in failed interceptors. #US #UAE #EpicFury #EpicFail #Iran #Israel

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It is absolutely an American mindset to solve problems by throwing money at them. We long since lost the idea of actually solving the problem with ingenuity, since that's hard to justify in three month earnings periods.

(Going to guess that money probably smells of the bacon it shared the barrel with, but that's also deeply American.)

Mar 13 at 9:09pmWeb