9 A harvester was launched over the Strait of Hormuz. One thing that is quite impressive is that most if not all militaries would change their doctrine given the number of losses of such expensive aircraft. To give you an idea these things cost like $~30 million, which is not much less than the intrinsic* price of a modern Russian fighter jet. However, the US has such a huge military budget that it can afford it to a certain extent. The bigger pain point is production can't keep up with attrition. (Procurement of equipment/ammunition is ~17.7% of the US military budget) *Reminder that there is a serious delta between the procurement costs of the Russian military and the export prices. I noticed that Ukraine and the western press tend to use export prices.

9 A harvester was launched over the Strait of Hormuz. One thing that is quite impressive is that most if not all militaries would change their doctrine given the number of losses of such expensive aircraft. To give you an idea these things cost like $~30 million, which is not much less than the intrinsic* price of a modern Russian fighter jet. However, the US has such a huge military budget that it can afford it to a certain extent. The bigger pain point is production can't keep up with attrition. (Procurement of equipment/ammunition is ~17.7% of the US military budget) *Reminder that there is a serious delta between the procurement costs of the Russian military and the export prices. I noticed that Ukraine and the western press tend to use export prices.