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Who paid for this? Just wondering...
by pensivemood 9y ago
Who paid for this? Just wondering...
- jfoutz 9y agoI would guess taxpayers. But keep in mind the military has a huge budget for training exercises. I would guess they just cancel one of those and go blow this up instead. I doubt it's costing us anything 'extra'. Also I'm not super enthusiastic about corporations being able to purchase airstrikes, or really any kind of military operation. If someone's complaint is the military budget is too big, i'd agree. But this specific thing seems like it's in everyone's best interest, and a good use for resources we'd spend anyway.
- drivingmenuts 9y agoI dunno. The military could really clean up if they created Airstrikes As A Service. Select reason: [X] Loose equipment [ ] Tuesday [ ] There's oil there [ ] Won't sell resources [Click here to Accomplish Mission][Cancel]
- knieveltech 9y agoI kinda feel like this is already a thing.
- walshemj 9y agoIts removing a hazard to navigation
- dzhiurgis 9y agoThe booster was probably already paid for (at $62M per launch I expect one cost at least $100M), specifically not to be recovered. While it was possible to recover 100 million dollars from the ocean, gov decided to spend another million to destroy it :|
- valuearb 9y agoThe booster was not worth $100M, it was worthless at that point. The bombs were likely free, already part of the training budget.
- kavok 9y agoI would assume the USAF conducts regular training missions, which this easily could've been counted as one of.