[redangus]

I hope they weren’t using $200K missiles to shoot down $50K drones. Seems cheap bullets would have served the same purpose.

[nwrep]

I hope they weren’t using $200K missiles to shoot down $50K drones. Seems cheap bullets would have served the same purpose.

Why should they care? They are spending our money.

[janetjanet998]

I didnt’t read the details but Zerohedge tweeted that it may have cost 1 billion dollars last night total in defense

[Charles Martel]

I hope they weren’t using $200K missiles to shoot down $50K drones. Seems cheap bullets would have served the same purpose.

Those missiles have a "best if used by" date, which is further shortened by "airframe hours" (time spent mounted to an aircraft, subjected to buffeting and vibration). Bottom line, the things cost $$$$ to refurbish or replace every ten years or so (shorter interval if they see a lot of flight time), so the money gets spent either way.