To: Starboard
"Cost ratio" -- horrible! From 500:1 to 2,000:1.
Earlier today:
Pentagon 'alarmed' over price tag of countering cheap Yemeni drones
The Cradle, 12/22/2023 Concerns about the high cost of countering the threat posed by the Yemeni armed forces in the Red Sea are growing in the Pentagon, according to US defense officials who spoke with Politico.
Sanaa has reportedly fired at least 100 drones toward Israeli-linked commercial vessels for the past month in support of the Palestinian people. US estimates place the cost of the domestic-made drones at $2,000 each.
In comparison, each munition used by US warships in the Red Sea cost between $1 million and $4.3 million.
Bad guys...
Good guys...
To top it off, the US cannot reload these systems while at sea.
13 posted on
12/23/2023 3:15:11 PM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
For the cost of 100 drones at $2,000 each, they can shut down the shipping lanes, and our multi billion $ ships can’t do much.
What happens when they build and launch thousands?
14 posted on
12/23/2023 3:22:15 PM PST by
SauronOfMordor
(Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“each munition used by US warships in the Red Sea cost between $1 million and $4.3 million”
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Amazing. And that doesn’t include the cost of the associated logistics, maintenance and training.
Oh well, what’s a few hundred million compared to the $80 billion we abandoned in Afghanistan. /sarc
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