U.S. racks up munitions costs in indefinite fight against Houthis
U.S. racks up munitions costs in indefinite fight against Houthis
The U.S. military is locked in an open-ended war with Yemen’s Houthi rebels — and it’s getting expensive.
Those strikes come with a significant price tag. In some cases, U.S. forces have used Tomahawk missiles, which can cost about $2 million each. But even beyond the costs themselves, analysts warn that the U.S. is quickly depleting its weapons stockpiles, which were already running thin after years of military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
“The price of the munitions themselves may be pennies to the Pentagon financially, but using so many of them amounts to a significant blow to our actual stockpiles of these weapons,” said Mr. DiMino, the Defense Priorities analyst. “By some estimates, the Navy has already used more than a year’s worth of [Tomahawk missile] production in Yemen. It takes time to build these things. So, the costs are not just sticker price. It can set back our production by years in some cases.”
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
My thoughts exactly upon reading this. Monstrous how they talk about a 2 million dollar missile and describe that as "pennies" to the MIC. It's so damn cruel and inhumane.
System working as intended