Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
$350,000
Precision bombardment with Shahed-type drones costs Russia roughly $350,000 per target struck. By contrast, a U.S. Patriot interceptor is over $3 million dollars.
SOURCE: "Calculating the Cost-Effectiveness of Russia’s Drone Strikes" by Neil Hollenbeck, Muhammed Hamza Altaf, Faith Avila, Javier Ramirez, Anurag Sharma, and CSIS's Benjamin Jensen.
$63.4 million
At present, the U.S. Defense Production Act has allocated approximately $63.4 million to critical minerals projects in Canada.
SOURCE: "Mining for Defense: Unlocking the Potential for U.S.-Canada Collaboration on Critical Minerals" by CSIS's Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Henry Ziemer with Alejandra Toro.
11 times more
Early red-teaming tests found that DeepSeek's R1 model is 11 times more vulnerable to producing harmful content and 4.5 times more vulnerable to generating insecure code than OpenAI’s o1.
SOURCE: "DeepSeek: A Problem or an Opportunity for Europe?" by CSIS's Laura Caroli.
8.6 million
As a result of negative demographic trends brought on by the war and previous low birth rates, estimates suggest that Ukraine will need an additional 8.6 million workers by 2032.
SOURCE: "Ukraine’s Future Rests on Its People: Strengthening Ukraine’s Workforce and Human Capital" by CSIS's Romina Bandura.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
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