It's costs nearly a million dollars to train, prepare and support a lowly US soldier. Then multiply that by the fact every fighter has 5 admins somewhere in the chain backing him up i.e. commanders, support, communications, intelligence etc..
Especially given that it is basically 'riskless' i.e. no US soldiers will die.
$4B to wipe out the Russian Army? Deal of the Century.
The Russians can't make more gear in a short period of time, and it comes at great cost. Remember one armoured unit has support, training, soldiers as well.
In the 'long game' of attrition warfare, the West would actually win, that is actually the State Dept. Assessment - that Russia 'wins' in Ukraine but is ground down over 15-20 years and eventually loses.
Meanwhile, the US and West have more advanced, much more wealthy economies, and can send relatively cheap weapons to help grind Russia down.
Frankly, if we could have a 'super weapon' it would be something that allows something resembling 'real' information into Russia so at very least regular Russians can see a bit of reality.
Can they manufacture faster than army abandons the armor? There have been at least three documented abandoned TOR SAM systems being just merely towed away by farmers, $25mil a pop.
It's costs nearly a million dollars to train, prepare and support a lowly US soldier. Then multiply that by the fact every fighter has 5 admins somewhere in the chain backing him up i.e. commanders, support, communications, intelligence etc..
Especially given that it is basically 'riskless' i.e. no US soldiers will die.
$4B to wipe out the Russian Army? Deal of the Century.