Over the course of the UK's air campaign over Syria and Iraq, the RAF expended £312,650,000 of ordnance. That includes 2,795 Paveway IV laser-guided bombs and 887 Hellfire missiles. Each Hellfire has a unit cost of £70,000. The data was published by Drone Wars who also revealed some interesting details about the targets the RAF attacked.
Between October 2017 and September 2019, its Tornados, Typhoons and Reaper drones attacked 499 ISIS targets. 123 buildings were struck while air strikes were also conducted against 110 of the terrorist group's fighters. 6 snipers and 6 heavy weapons were also targeted during the above period.
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