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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoHuh, the battery only has one radar and there are only 8 worldwide? That seems like a self-own
minus-squareAMoralNihilist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoSeems like these are interceptor batteries for the really big boys. Anti ICBM essentially. Each interceptor is apparently 13 million. Which is between 4 and 10 times the price of a patriot missile. The radar alone is 300 million. And they designated they need 9 globally, but they were only at 8. Now 7. Absolutely mental.
Huh, the battery only has one radar and there are only 8 worldwide? That seems like a self-own
Seems like these are interceptor batteries for the really big boys. Anti ICBM essentially.
Each interceptor is apparently 13 million. Which is between 4 and 10 times the price of a patriot missile.
The radar alone is 300 million. And they designated they need 9 globally, but they were only at 8. Now 7.
Absolutely mental.