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[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

Where are you getting this $1B figure? It appears the main cost is rockets, which run about $50k per. $1B would account for launching 20,000 rockets. There are 10 batteries in Israel with at most 80 rockets each, so a maximum of 800 rockets. That means 25 reloads a day. Is it really burning through that many rockets daily or is there more to this?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I would assume that operational and logistics costs apply to this figure. Aka shipping and handling, which is never free.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    This. And all the repairs. Also we’re talking here about military stuff. You don’t use FedEx to ship that. Military personell + equipment is expensive as fuck. Efficiency is not of priority.

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