I do have to ask: are you actually claiming the total cost of the iranian attack was $1mm, or just posing a hypothetical? I can't find cost estimates for most o

I do have to ask: are you actually claiming the total cost of the iranian attack was $1mm, or just posing a hypothetical? I can't find cost estimates for most of iran's missile portfolio, but this seems pretty low. the fixed wing drones are thought to have a unit cost around $50k, but that's with a pretty large error bar [0]. I'm having trouble finding unit cost estimates for their cruise and ballistic missiles, but it's a safe bet that the ones capable of reaching israel are at least 2-3x more expensive. even if the attack consisted 100% of those fixed wing drones, that would be at least $15mm just in expended munitions. anyways, sure, spending 1000x the cost of incoming munitions on interception is not tenable if that's the entire conflict. but most conflicts don't consist of one party lobbing missiles while the other tries to shoot them down until someone runs out of money. it looks like that right now because the US is caught between supporting an ally, protecting freedom of navigation, and preventing further escalation in the region. the two carrier strike groups alone could do a lot more damage to iranian production and infrastructure than its military could in return. it's fortunate that no one wants that. [0] https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1754901906323808469 https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/17549019063238084...