Right, so Donald Trump says America has plenty of missiles. Plenty. Loads. More missiles than America could ever possibly use, or so says the man bombing Iran, threatening fresh strikes, exposing US bases across the Gulf and promising Patriots elsewhere, all while burning through the world's most expensive air-defence equipment like a toddler let loose in a fireworks warehouse and piling on fresh escalation like it’s the last tray of roast potatoes at an all-you-can-eat carvery.

And yet, here comes the US Army, rolling out a seven-year Patriot contract worth up to $58.6bn, as if they're buying missiles in bulk from the closest cash and carry. Lockheed Martin is being told to ramp up Patriots at three times the pace and THAADs at four times the pace, and Ukraine is now so frustrated with waiting for the American missile delivery van that it' ...