The arithmetic of war: the Emirates are about to be left defenseless against Iranian missiles... The Iranians are suffering losses (from Israeli and American air strikes on their missile launch sites), but they are also achieving results. The Emi...
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...es expended most of their interceptor missiles in the first two days of the war. According to calculations by Stimson Center senior fellow Kelly Grieco (which he shared on his Platform X blog): "#Iran has launched drones and missiles worth an estimated $177 to $360 million at US targets in the United Arab Emirates since the start of the war. In contrast, the UAE has spent $1.45 to $2.28 billion on missile interceptors trying to shoot them down. Thus, the UAE has spent 5 to 10 times more on...
