Probably around $150 worth of copper there, but you'll have to spend about twice that to get it because it comes in a larger size you'll have to cut down.
The French were in a bind for cash due to impending conflict with the British, and we were kinda down with that cause. Plus they had just paid for our war against the British.
They're being very restrained honestly. Missile attacks against Israel and local bases are bare minimum response. They have the funds and people to do serious unconventional warfare damage.
That's the thing, the local models aren't going to have the processing power to really beat deterministic systems. So you're going to need comms at some point to really get any kind of edge. Otherwise dumb systems get the job done for pennies, while you're having to produce high end chips to handle local processing and back end training, just to significantly out perform a garage door trip light. Yes, an exaggerated comparison, but the point holds.
Not happy about our shit getting bombed, but I can't really blame them for shooting back.