—”There are very few aircraft in the Russian air force that are more valuable than the Patriot missile used to shoot them down.”
What sort of military aircraft costs less than four million?
YES!!! The Russian ones that, have already fallen from the sky.
PATRIOT interceptors are estimated to cost about $4 million per missile. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12297#:~:text=PATRIOT%20System%20Costs&text=PATRIOT%20interceptors%20are%20estimated%20to%20cost%20about%20%244%20million%20per%20missile.