I asked Google AI how much a patriot missile Cost: Answer: $4 million dollars

After reading what AI generated I can see that my original estimate of Patriot missiles is 1 to 4 million dollars each. So, it depends what goodies each patriot drone battery has built into it. 

 

So, since the U.S. and Israel and likely Ukraine bring down Shahed Drones each with a patriot missile we should divide $4 million dollars by $35,000 to see what this comes out to.

 

Well it comes out to the fact that one patriot missile is equal in value to 114 plus Shahed Drones.

 

So, what this means is the $4 million  dollar patriot missiles are shooting down $35,000 Shahed Drones. So, what is the value of 114 Shahed drones?  $3,990,000

 

So, the U.S. and Israel and Ukraine are spending 456 million dollars to bring down $3,990,000 worth of Shahed Drones?

 

You can see the problem with this especially because Shahed Drones can be assembled anywhere including back yard home garages or underground and they are being shipped from Russia literally every day to Iran to blow up the middle Eastern Oil Fields and oil processing plants all over the middle east. 

 

This is not a sustainable war unless we switch more to Lucas drones which are the U.S. version of the Shahed Drones now.

 

We are bankrupting ourselves bringing down $35,000 drones for 4 million dollars each. 

 

Can you see this? 

 

 

 

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A single Patriot interceptor missile (specifically the PAC-3 variant) costs roughly

million per shot, with some estimates for advanced MSE variants ranging from

to over

million. Older PAC-2 missiles cost around

million, while complete battery systems cost over

billion. 

Key Cost Breakdown:

• PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement): Approx.
  
  
  million to
  
  
  million (export).
• PAC-2 GEM-T: Approx.
  
  
  million.
• System Unit Cost: A full Patriot battery (including radars, launchers, and control station) costs over
  
  
  billion. 

Cost Factors:

• Production Volume: The US produces roughly 600 missiles annually.
• Cost Asymmetry: Patriot missiles are often used against low-cost targets, such as Iranian-made drones which cost approximately
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  .
• Production Time: Patriot missiles have a 42-month delivery timeline, contributing to high demand and costs. 

• MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia

  MIM-104 Patriot ; Domestic cost: About US$1.09 billion (FY 2022) for a battery; US$4 million for a single PAC-3 MSE missile · Expo...

  

  

  Wikipedia
• Missile Interceptors by Cost

  Missile Interceptors by Cost ; Patriot PAC-3, $3,729,769 ; Arrow 3, $3,000,000 ; Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) Block IV, $2,100,000 ; ...

  

  

  Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
• What does the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System cost? – Norsk luftvern

  Here are some cost estimates for Patriot systems: * **Battery** $360 million * **Standard PAC-2 GEM-T missile** $4 million each * ...

  

  

  Norsk luftvern

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