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Poco Deplorevole

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:23:09 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:48:10 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

I also heard the actual production cost of the MOABs was $170k or so
and you get to $16 million by dividing the $340m program cost by the
21 bombs they built. If you recycled the guidance package and just
demilled the barrel bomb it guides, no doubt that would still be
cheaper but I bet there is a better guidance package out there now too
so it is likely to be chucked.

This is DoD, a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon we are
talking about real money. (Proxmire)
Do you really think they are worried about a couple hundred grand?

How many multi billion dollar weapons systems have we built that were
designed, built, deployed and then scrapped without ever firing a shot
in anger? (and I don't just mean ballistic missiles and nukes)

Read the link I posted about MOAB costs. Washington Post, Times, and even Harry got it all wrong.

This is what I have gotten out of several articles on the bomb
although the numbers wiggle around a few percent but not enough to
matter.

The actual production cost of the MOABs was $170k or so
and you get to $16 million by dividing the $340m program cost by the
21 bombs they built.
It all depends on if you want the incremental cost of one more bomb at
$170k or if you take the total program cost and divide it by the
number built to date.
I paid for the total program and so did you.
It is like saying it only costs a dime to make a pill and ignoring the
development, testing, regulatory, insurance and distribution cost.

Oh, bull****. I posted the facts about the MOAB cost, but apparently you decided to overlook them.
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb...-cost-calamity