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Marco Rubio laid out the math on Iran's missiles โ and it's damning. Iran builds 100 ballistic missiles a month. The US produces 6-7 interceptors. Shooting one down costs 5โ70x more than building it. This isn't a defense gap. It's a losing equation that only gets worse with time.
Rubio called it the "line of immunity" โ the point where Iran's arsenal becomes so massive that striking their nuclear program becomes politically and militarily impossible. His words: "Look at the damage they're doing now. Imagine a year from now. This had to happen no matter what."
And unlike a normal adversary, Iran deliberately targets civilians โ airports, embassies, infrastructure. A regime that makes decisions on "apocalyptic theology" with 2,000โ5,000 missiles is not deterrable in any conventional sense. Iron Beam helps against Hamas rockets. It does nothing against Iranian ballistic missiles.
The conventional buildup was never the endgame โ it was a shield for the nuclear program. Once that shield became impenetrable, Iran finishes its nukes behind it and holds the entire region hostage forever. Every month of waiting meant 100 more missiles. "Imminent threat" doctrine doesn't capture a cumulative, irreversible tipping point. Waiting wasn't prudence. It was suicide.
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