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Mark Warner: “We are shooting off missiles, $2.4 million a piece on…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senate Intelligence Leader Shares Updates on Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

So America's position is literally weakened. And then in an area that is particularly frustrating, we have used up many of our interceptor missiles. And this is the part that is just crazy. We are shooting off missiles, $2.4 million a piece on average, to take down an Iranian drone that cost about $50,000. Now if you were going to start a war of choice, wouldn't you think before you start this war that you would get the best anti drone technology possible? (04:55–05:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. is using expensive missiles to take down relatively cheap Iranian drones.

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