$3,032 to kill a soldier on whom Russia spends $65,000: Ukraine’s new system puts a price on every strike
Every $1 Ukraine spends hitting a target inflicts nearly $5 of losses on Russia, according to the Mission Control module.
Ukraine's new system, Mission Control, provides a detailed cost-benefit analysis of every strike it launches against Russia. According to the Defense Ministry, each dollar spent on a strike inflicts several times more losses on Russia compared to its own expenditures. In June, Ukraine's strikes cost nearly five times more for Russia than for Ukraine.
The system tracks the cost of Russian losses, ranging from a few hundred dollars for telecommunications equipment to hundreds of thousands of dollars for high-value targets like air-defense systems. Ukraine's military uses the data to refine tactics, aiming to minimize the risk to its own soldiers. The data is broken down by mission type and depth, including reconnaissance, strike, logistics, and evacuation missions, as well as their effectiveness at different ranges.
The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of Ukrainian lives lost by making each mission more precise and gradually shifting dangerous tasks to robotic systems.
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