[mware]

Just how much do we pay for each of those missiles we use to shoot them down?

[frank ballenger]

Cost....

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32277/here-is-what-each-of-the-pentagons-air-launched-missiles-and-bombs-actually-cost

A few at random, not actually ones to bring down a balloon....

AIM-9X Sidewinder (Navy) - $430,818
AGM-114 Hellfire (Navy) - $45,409

AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air To Air Missile (AMRAAM) (Air Force)- $1.095 million
AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air To Air Missile (AMRAAM) (Navy)- $995,018