As a counter to point (a), Iranian missile salvos against Israel in recent years are stated by analysts to be militarily ineffective (or a failure) even if Iran has a 10:1 cost advantage. Reasons include:
1. US+Israel economies have a 100:1 size advantage over Iran's economy.
2. Israel is a very small area to defend, dramatically reducing the cost of anti-ballistic missile defence required. As little as 4 missile defence launch sites may cover the entire country.
Perun's video on the cost effectiveness of missile defence vs. attack is more focussed towards the economics of defence of an expansive country or region such as the United States, Saudi Arabia or the gulf region generally, where many missile defence sites would be required. Israel is a bit of an exception due to the small area needing to be defended.
Another minus specifically for Iran in the Iran/US+Israel war is being forced to build underground factories at much greater expense than an above-ground factory for Israeli interceptor missiles. I don't think analysts have been considering this long term cost in their cost comparison ratios. However, for both Iran and Israel--they're importing a lot of the components and materials from overseas anyway.
1. US+Israel economies have a 100:1 size advantage over Iran's economy.
2. Israel is a very small area to defend, dramatically reducing the cost of anti-ballistic missile defence required. As little as 4 missile defence launch sites may cover the entire country.
Perun's video on the cost effectiveness of missile defence vs. attack is more focussed towards the economics of defence of an expansive country or region such as the United States, Saudi Arabia or the gulf region generally, where many missile defence sites would be required. Israel is a bit of an exception due to the small area needing to be defended.
Another minus specifically for Iran in the Iran/US+Israel war is being forced to build underground factories at much greater expense than an above-ground factory for Israeli interceptor missiles. I don't think analysts have been considering this long term cost in their cost comparison ratios. However, for both Iran and Israel--they're importing a lot of the components and materials from overseas anyway.