NATO to Buy 1,000 Patriot Missiles in Face of Russia Threat
NATO to Buy 1,000 Patriot Missiles in Face of Russia Threat
NATO members in Europe have signed a contract for up to 1,000 Patriot missiles to bolster air defenses in the face of the threat from Russia.
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Kinda feels like we should add a 0 to that, given the jiggery-pokery that China is also getting up to these days. I’m sure Taiwan wouldn’t mind a few shipments of the anti-ballistic variants.
10,000 missile x 4 million dollars = 4 billion dollars. Maybe this is why I stopped checking how expensive war is, it makes it more depressing when we talk numbers.
1.5x Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity projects or 160 million flu shots.
Nope, it's 40 billion dollars, 4 billion as it stands rn.
Taiwan has seven Patriot batteries. For reference, Ukraine initially got two Patriots, and a third one in December. They have to cover a lot more territory than Taiwan, but they've basically shut down Russian missile attacks. Including Russia's hypersonic missile, which is a very important datapoint for military planners to know.