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Unfortunately, one such missile costs more than 200k pounds sterling [1], which come to about $250k. It only carries a 10 kg warhead. For comparison, the ground
by credit_guy 3y ago
Unfortunately, one such missile costs more than 200k pounds sterling [1], which come to about $250k. It only carries a 10 kg warhead. For comparison, the ground launched small diameter bomb (GLSMB [2]) that supposedly Ukraine received today, costs only about $50k and has a 93 kg warhead. And a range that is many times the range of the ASRAAM.
Of course, something is better than nothing.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRAAM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRAAM
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter...
- philipkglass 3y agoThey have different roles. The ground launched ASRAAM is a surface to air missile that can hit aircraft in flight. The GLSDB is a surface to surface weapon that can only hit targets on the ground.
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- NikkiA 3y agoIt's competition is the patriot system ($4m per missile) and the s-300s that ukraine already has ($1m per missile, if they could find someone to sell replacement missiles to them, the older sa-10 missile loads for the S-300 might be cheaper, again if they could find a source)