Countering Iran's overnight attack costs Israel $1.35B: Israeli media

A News ^ | 4/14/24 | A News

[hardspunned]

Israeli media reported that the interception of dozens of Iranian missiles and drones by Israel overnight incurred a cost of up to 5 billion shekels ($1.35 billion). Each Arrow missile used for interception costs $3.5 million, while a Magic Wand missile costs $1 million, in addition to aircraft sorties involved in interception.

[DarthVader]

Me too! I’ve been seeing these tactics on other fronts.

[Biblebelter]

If you follow the money,

American dollars may have been funding both sides of that exchange.

[BipolarBob]

How much does one nuke cost?

[BipolarBob]

American dollars may have been funding both sides of that exchange.

Funding for "gain of function" for pandemic diseases and funding for treatment of such is playing both sides of the fence as well.

[Uncle Miltie]

Israel should respond by destroying Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal. This accomplishes several things:

1) Costs Iran more billions if dollars than Iran just cost Israel

2) Would limit civilian casualties

3) Would cause world oil prices to skyrocket, contributing mightily to *resident Bidet’s loss in November.

[Uncle Miltie]

No, that’s a lie by our resident islamophile terrorist supporter.

[icclearly]

We all know Netanyahu. He will escalate, he will implement the Z strategy. He will be successful for a while until Israeli air defense is compromised. He will waste tens of billions of American tax dollars. Bibi will fail as he did 10/7 and in his ghastly actions in Gaza. Netanyahu will get many Israeli citizens killed in his coming retaliatory misadventures.

You sure got that right!

We've seen it played out time and time again. Think back to the recent past in Ukieland. How many times were we told that the Ruskies were running out of missiles and they were being driven into the Black Sea?

All the time, the Ruskies are waging a war of attrition -- attrition in terms of Ukie manpower and equipment. And now that job is done, and they are annihilating the Ukies, and there is no more ammo or people left to fight. Not a bad strategy.

Haven't we seen the same used against us by our lamebrain leaders in places like Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan?

So, the Israelis seem to be heading down that same path.

Poof. They outrun their headlights, and it's over!

[vladimir998]

We need planes with mounted Phalanx systems. I’m sure there’s some way to do that.

[Vaduz]

Iran had no costs to attack Israel Obama gave them over 6 billion and Biden kicked in millions comrades in arms.

Any friend of America is an enemy of the communists.

[DIRTYSECRET]

*I think this was a test of both Israel’s air defenses AND to see which countries would help Israel.*
*Israel should respond by destroying Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal.*

I say take out it’s navy.

[Reno89519]

That price seems excessive but shiny war toys cost money. Biden convinced Israel to ignore--thus our money to resupply? And we've already given money to Iran, let their oil flow for more money, and money to HAMAS. Somewhere I suspect we give money to Hezbolleh, maybe even the Houthis.

Biden surrendered and is paying them all.

[The Sons of Liberty]

From the Iranians: “The main targets were 2 airbases. All 20 or so missiles struck their targets.

I guess today's "Media" considers this a reliable source.

[Kazan]

More likely it cost American taxpayers $1.35 billion and further depleted our missile defense.

That wouldn't be such a problem if we hadn't wasted so much money and military resources fighting the failed proxy war in Ukraine.

[Redcitizen]

Mexico and Canada are part of the problem for sure.

[Theophilus]

I would attack Iran’s ability to consume or produce any form energy.

[Mr. Blond]

This is how we bankrupted the Soviet Union.

[Paul R.]

Don’t expect Pooty trolls to be able to do math.

That said, Biden is a fool to not participate in a raid VERY painful to the mullahs. They’ve been hitting us for decades.

That said, the cost of defense-only is a reason you can’t just play defense forever.

[Paul R.]

Then the writer should have used “ ₪ “, and the OP didn’t catch it.

[Paul R.]

Correction to my above... the article did say “sheckels”.

[Paul R.]

Heck, take the cost out of the Iranian assets being held.