Videos show massive Patriot salvos — OSINT counts put it at 60+ interceptors, some estimates over 100.
U.S. doctrine fires 2–4 Patriots per incoming missile, and cluster munitions force even more shots since the bomblets scatter after the carrier breaks up.
The cost: Each PAC-3 MSE interceptor runs roughly $4–5 million.
At 60+ interceptors that's somewhere around $240–500+ million in a single night.
If the higher counts (~100) are accurate, you're potentially looking at half a billion dollars of missiles expended in minutes.
The stockpile question looms large — months of high-intensity use have already burned through a significant share of U.S. PAC-3 inventory, and production can't keep pace with consumption at this rate.
Iran fired ~20 ballistic missiles (some with cluster warheads) at the U.S.-used Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan tonight.
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