#Patriot Missile

Arab countries are paying a steep price for Iran’s attacks—literally. The missiles used to shoot down low-cost Shahed drones cost hundreds of thousands, and sometimes even millions, of dollars. Ukrainian drone operators and interceptor drones can do the same job more cheaply and efficiently.

Ukraine is intercepting Russian ballistic missiles using just one Patriot interceptor per target—a high-risk tactic driven not by doctrine, but by a critical shortage of air-defense missiles as large-scale strikes continue.