In article kecLb.9517$6l1.5172@okepread03,
"Gene Storey" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote

In reality, you'd have to buy a few thousand Patriot batteries, enlist a
few hundred thousand people to man them 24/7, and then the bad guys
would do something else to kill people.

Patriot batteries don't require many people.

A 16-man crew, times four (24/7/365), plus support staff. Per battery.

You either man the fire department, or you don't. Just think if we didn't
have fire departments because they were just too expensive.

Is losing an economic center cheaper than manning a defense?

Define "lose an economic center." A plane crashing into a building?
Then yes, it's much cheaper. A Patriot battery costs upwards of $200
million, for the hardware alone.

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