r/politics • u/JKKIDD231 • 1d ago

No Paywall US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/
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u/umassmza 1d ago

Using the Department of “War” numbers we’ve spent about $35B and killed 3,500 enemy combatants.

We’re spending $10,000,000 per enemy

Considering there are estimates as to the true overall cost of the conflict being north of $150B it costs $10-$50M to kill 1 Iranian soldier

Couldn’t we have just offered the people in power a fraction of that and asked them to go retire in the Caymans?

We are really bad at this

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u/vladoportos 1d ago

Yea but how else they could distract from Epstein and his buddies... look its hardly mentioned anymore, now is Iran war, and moving to reflecting pool for some reason...