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A Patriot interceptor costs about 3 million U.S. dollars. Each NASAMS round costs about 1 million U.S. dollars. A Shahed drone costs Russia only about 35000 U.S. dollars. This imbalance in air defense economics has also been seen in the 2026 war with Iran.

Profolus

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Ukraine, during the initial years of the Russia-Ukraine War, was forced to use multi-million dollar interceptor missiles from Western countries to defend itself against Iranian-made Shahed and other drones from Russia.

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Profolus

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22 Mar

However, as it learns through the war, it has developed and deployed cost-effective defense tactics and drone technologies against modern drone assaults. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/inter...

profolus.comInterceptor Drones: Low-Cost Strategy of Ukraine Against Drones - ProfolusUkraine has turned drone interception and the overall drone warfare into an economic strategy as much as a military one.

John Manzo 👊🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🔥

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22 Mar

War isn't supposed to be "cost effective." It's supposed to be never ending to enrich defence contractors. Trump is ensuring this, aided by a nation of 350,000,000 abject cowards.