Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The math of modern warfare is shifting. While a single US Patriot missile costs roughly 4 million dollars, the Iranian Shahed drones they are intercepting cost as little as 20,000 dollars. This staggering 200-to-1 cost imbalance is threatening to bleed the US defense budget dry in a matter of weeks, transforming a high-tech campaign into a desperate race of economic attrition.
The math of modern warfare is shifting. While a single US Patriot missile costs roughly 4 million dollars, the Iranian Shahed drones they are intercepting cost as little as 20,000 dollars. This staggering 200-to-1 cost imbalance is threatening to bleed the US defense budget dry in a matter of weeks, transforming a high-tech campaign into a desperate race of economic attrition.
