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Saagar

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

This is from the Washington Post, quote, raising concerns about the weapon's limited supply.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Now, we were only even technically, I think, on the books to get 57 as of last year in the defense budget.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

So 850 in a month, 57 in the last year.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

What's the math on that one?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

I mean, just, what is that, years of the backlog?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Allegedly, there's some ability in the supply chain to actually crank these out more.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

But there's only one facility, I think it's in Arizona, that even makes all of the missiles.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

A lot of them are, you know, it's by hand.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

It's extremely complex, extremely expensive, too.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

And what you can see is that...

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

This leaves you in a very difficult posture, where now, if something else kicks off, what do you do?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Now we really have to ration.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Like, we're already rationing here.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

In a war, everyone talks about China.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Oh, China, China.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

Oh, they're, you know, China's, you know, they play some 90 chess about how they're taking all these hits.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

What are you talking about?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

You got E3 down.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

China's like, huh.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
3/30/26: Iran Blows Up US Aircraft, Trump Floats Ground Invasion

So they can't protect any three.