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Half a million to destroy something that costs a million or more seems like a decent bargain to me, especially given that it’s fire and forget and capable of hitting them where their armor is thinnest. The pentagon’s latest numbers claim that out of 112 Javelins fired in Ukraine so far, 100 have hit their target[0].

[0] https://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_russia_invasion_co...

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>Half a million to destroy something that costs a million or more seems like a decent bargain to me

That's fine as long as you don't forget that a tank is designed to do the same thing. Nobody builds a $6 million tank to destroy $3 million worth of targets.

Sure they do, that is the nature of asymmetric warfare. In any US fiasco, a guy making 24k could call in a 500k airstrike on any antique of military origin. The point of engaging in a foreign war isn't a profit for a government to distribute to its citizens, it is to reallocate or destroy assets of the populace within the country to ensure a majority of internal power is consolidated on internal allies of the entity that can declare war.

It's 250k and a bit: the launcher is reusable.

Javelin: 250k

Launcher: 250k

Getting to engage the Russkies via proxy while maintaining moral high ground and zero American casualties: priceless

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