by Chris Black
Short Range
Remember: no refunds.
Also remember…
There is no funding to build the southern border fence or fix your street potholes.
And you need to report every $400 VENMO payment.
I counted 30 Patriot PAC-3 MSE launches here.
The FY2024 costs of these per missile is about $$5,275,000
That was $158,250,000 fired in about two minutes. And as we see, the battery or something else likely got blown up. So it failed in its mission. pic.twitter.com/9rwPnHkNGu
— Fennec_Radar (@RadarFennec) May 16, 2023
People keep mentioning the cost of the missiles, but more relevant is the production bottleneck.
We have only two defense contractors that actually make solid fuel rocket motors anymore, and they are at full production.
And to make it worse, Patriot missiles and other medium-ranged SAMs are going to be needed for any conflict in the Pacific.
The US government would love it if they could just throw dollars and get more missiles, but that’s not possible.
Even before worrying about some Patriot missile horsesh*t, why doesn’t anyone ever ask WHAT the hell is the US doing in another war?
WHY is the US ALWAYS at war?
What about shutting down 90% of Washington and telling the military to bring all their sh*t back to the US and secure the border?