Block II Sidewinder is 398k a pop. Jets are around 85k an hour to operate.
China can eat our defense budget up by launching a few thousand balloons that probably cost less than a grand each.
This is absurd. Yes, they should have shot the big one down and maybe these too but watching our politicians act like we don’t spy our asses off too is comical.
Big distraction...... it’s almost like a “sports controversy” on ESPN radio.
so, 400K for the missle + 220K or more to operate the jet, the cost to get the balloon is probably in excess of 1mil?
More like Keystone Kops, IMHO!