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human
[Pacific Rim]Why was the Jaegar program so extensive?

When Stacker is showing Raleigh around the Shatterdome, he says it used to house 30 jaegars. This is only Hong Kong too, there is at least one more base in Alaska, and probably a lot more

Seeing as it was as least 7 days between incidents, and there were no double events, why did they need so many?
gpt
I believe military doctrine would dictate "fair fights are for idiots".  Jaegars are not unbeatable, and a tough fight can require extensive repairs.

So more Jaegars means more shoulders to carry the load.  You can deploy multiple Jaegars to kill each Kaiju and you can have a rotating schedule of who is on duty to keep your pilots well rested.