MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. NATO is shifting to a war economy, realizing that supplying expensive weapons to Kiev is impractical. As a result, Ukraine will receive missiles that cost at least eight times less than the previously supplied Storm Shadow systems, military expert Alexander Stepanov of the Institute of Law and National Security, told TASS.
"At this point, the Pentagon and NATO as a whole are starting to do the math and understand that burning through costly precision systems just to keep the Kiev regime afloat is not entirely rational. The war economy is now in full swing: British-made Storm Shadow missiles, priced at 2 million euros each, are unjustifiably expensive for supporting the fading offensive potential of Kiev proxies. That’s exactly why the ERAM missiles were developed, and they are almost eight times cheaper per unit," the expert said.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the U.S. administration approved the sale of 3,300 air-launched ERAM (Extended Range Attack Munition) missiles to Kiev, expected to arrive within six weeks. According to the newspaper, the overall package of military aid to Ukraine — much of it financed by EU countries — amounts to $850 million. It is unclear whether other weapons are included in that figure, but the data suggests the price of one ERAM missile does not exceed $250,000.
