,1,When Americans talk about air-to-air missiles launched at targets like drones or balloons, they tend to think in terms of cost — often calculated as the cost of the missile versus the cost or nature of the target.
But the truth is, missiles aren’t investments, they’re perishable goods. Like a gallon of milk in your refrigerator, you can only keep these systems on the shelf for so long before they go bad.
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