“MIM-104 Patriot “Yahalom”, a high to medium air defense (HIMAD) medium tactical air defense platform capable of downing aircraft and ballistic missiles. Israel’s Patriot missile systems have been technologically upgraded since entering service.”
From all I can find, the Israeli version is the top of line. I certainly hope I’m missing something. The news of our incredibly over priced military just seems to get worse and worse. It absolutely floors me that in the middle of fending off everything NATO has, the Russians are set to spend $72Billion this year on defense! That’s less than one tenth the US expenditure.
PPP(Purchasing Power Parity)
The US (and Europe) is expensive for everything. Mainly due to labor costs, plus regulatory overhead and mandates.