The US spends $4 million every time it fires a Patriot missile. Iran builds a ballistic missile for half that and manufactures them far faster. M
America and its dwindling number of allies have trapped themselves in an economic paradox: weapons so expensive they can't stockpile enough, facing enemies willing to outlast them with drone warfare and cheap ballistic missiles.
From commercial satellites exposing US military bases to Iranian drones built from stealth materials, the technological edge America once monopolized is eroding fast.
Iran is revealing hard truths about US military spending, missile defense, and whether the Western arms race model can survive.
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