00:24Jordan burned through roughly 120 million dollars worth of Patriot
00:29interceptors in one night as Iran fired 20 ballistic missiles toward a US-used airbase.
00:36New footage shows repeated waves of PAC-3 interceptors launching from Mufak Salty Air
00:42Base, also known as Al-Israq in Jordan.
00:46Volley after volley of Patriots was fired into the night sky, and the scale of the response
00:52reveals just how expensive Iran's missile attacks are becoming for American air defenses.
00:58On the night of September 8th into September 9th, Iran launched around 20 ballistic missiles
01:04toward the base.
01:06Jordanian authorities said 18 of those missiles were intercepted, while two fell in unpopulated
01:12areas.
01:13There were no reported casualties from the attack, but the defensive response was enormous.
01:18More than 30 Patriot interceptors were fired, according to reported estimates based on
01:23the footage.
01:24Now, put a price on that salvo.
01:26A single PAC-3 interceptor costs roughly 4 million dollars.
01:31More than 30 interceptors means the defensive response crossed the 120 million dollar mark.
01:37That is more than 120 million dollars spent in a single night trying to stop around 20 Iranian
01:45missiles.
01:45And some open source assessments put the number of interceptors fired significantly higher,
01:51at 60 or more.
01:53At that level, the cost climbs toward 240 million dollars.
01:58Other circulating estimates have placed the total even higher.
02:02The exact number of Patriots fired has not been officially released, but the footage clearly
02:07shows a remarkably heavy defensive response.
02:10And this is where the problem gets bigger for Washington.
02:13The United States is already under pressure to replenish Patriot stocks after months of
02:19intense combat.
02:20PAC-3 production has been running at roughly 600 rounds a year in recent years.
02:25That means one night of heavy fighting can consume a substantial portion of what the defense industry
02:31produces over an entire year.
02:34And Iran is forcing that expenditure with ballistic missiles launched toward U.S.-linked positions
02:39across the region.
02:40The attack also caused damage around the base.
02:43An American A-10 attack aircraft was heavily damaged, while around eight F-15 fighters reportedly
02:50suffered lighter damage.
02:52Satellite imagery and open source analysis have also identified impacts around aircraft
02:58shelters, taxiways, and other infrastructure.
03:01So despite the huge defensive effort, the attack still produced damage, and that highlights
03:07the brutal economics of missile warfare.
03:09Iran fires a ballistic missile, the United States responds with an interceptor costing millions
03:15of dollars.
03:16One missile comes in, multiple Patriots can go up.
03:20And every interceptor fired has to be replaced.
03:23This is why the footage from Jordan matters far beyond one night of fighting.
03:27It shows the pressure that repeated Iranian missile salvos can put on American air defense inventories.
03:33The issue is no longer simply whether the Patriot system can intercept incoming missiles.
03:38It is whether the United States can sustain the cost and ammunition expenditure when attacks
03:44continue night after night.
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