Originally Posted by
EDLB
yes, the US has a lot of x'lent kit, at 4.0m/pop, whereas Iran has $300/round 155mm that makes our wonderful targets, the VLCC's, CNG/LNG carriers, those capital ships like flattops etc... Even the MQ9 at 30.0m/ea, and 11 down over the last week, they are plinked for somewhat less than their retail price. It is a fair point that the cost of the system is not the price of interest, it is the cost of messing with the other parties rice bowl that counts. So, wondering what the discount rate is for 159 young girls being removed from the future of a nation. If that doesn't get 1/2 million more radicalised opponents to become next weeks targets for the expensive munitions, then the other team is not really trying.
We are about 10 days into this "excursion" as it has been now described. The justification for the whatever-this-is has changed more frequently than the date, and now, the latest (its early in the day, watch this space...) Is, this war is being fought for everyone else in the world. Tomorrow it will be for the health and care of the latest ascendant to the top of the squirrel cage.