US Stock Express · September 08, 2026

The Laser That Costs $5 a Shot Is Changing Who Wins Defense Contracts

Beginner⏱ 9 min readDefense stocks

The cost of a PATRIOT antimissile is $5 million per shot, but Iran using drones is just $500 of cost. Now a death-ray laser is in mass production at $5 per shot.

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