AdvertisementOne of the US Navy's best ballistic missile interceptors, the Standard Missile-3, got a workout in the Middle East this year, eliminating Iranian missiles headed for Israel.
That's a high cost per intercept, especially if more than one interceptor is fired for each target.
An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a test in the Pacific.
It was then fired a second time during Iran's massive early October barrage, during which Tehran launched more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
The industry process, coupled with the exquisite capability of the missile to intercept ballistic missiles, raises the cost of the interceptor.
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