The air defense missile market is the most significant portion of the missile market in terms of dollar value. The forecasts below significantly undercount the total market value of these programs since the forecasts are based on the missiles themselves, and not on the entire systems in order to ensure uniformity of format between the various forecasts in this section. Air defense missile unit costs vs. missile systems cost vary: as much as 75% of small, nonportable systems, but well under 10% of the sophisticated high altitude, long-range systems such as Patriot.
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