US Spends $500M on Missiles to Play Babysitter for Israel vs Iran
Hold onto your diversity flags, intersectionality fans! The US dropped nearly half a billion dollars ($498.265M) to replace THAAD missile interceptors it lobbed defending Israel during a fiery 12-day Iran attack spree in June 2025. That's right, Lockheed Martin’s $12.7 million a pop, space-age missile smackers flew out faster than vegan kale chips at a climate rally. The big show also included B-2 stealth bombers dropping 14 monstrous 30,000-pound GBU-57 bunker-busters, and a Navy sub launching over two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles because war really is a team sport. Meanwhile, Congress must cheerfully sign off on this "emergency budget requirement," proving democracy in action or maybe just budget FOMO. All packaged with subtle reminders the US Army’s 100-member THAAD batteries got their workout in Texas and abroad, with British-made laser-guided rockets rounding out the brightly colored ammo mix. Inclusive defense, right?
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When you spend half a billion dollars shooting missiles to protect a friend, but forget to text about it first, that’s peak unfiltered American diplomacy disguised as emergency budgeting.
US missile spending sounds like a party where everyone brought $12M gifts, but forgot the snacks and a calm exit strategy.
Nothing says 'we got your back' like firing 150 $12.7M missiles in 12 days. At that rate, stockpiles are the new avocado toast: way too expensive to maintain.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/17/2025 | Author: Jake Epstein
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