A Matter of Ratios
U.S. taxpayers paid an inordinate, arguably indefensible sum of money to have three unidentified aerial objects removed prejudicially (read “Blasted”) from American and Canadian skies. Between the dates of 10 and 12 February 2023, aircraft of the U.S. Air Force—for purpose of bringing down three interloping aerial objects tracked over Alaska, northern Canada, and Lake Huron respectively—fired a total of four AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles—each of which came with a princely $400,000 price-tag. The destruction of the Lake Huron object, owing to a Sidewinder missing the slow-moving target, required two missiles. Notwithstanding the absence of formal statements asserting such, Pentagon officials suspect the