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> TWINSCAN NXE:3400C is probably the most expensive machine in the world. Unfortunately no. A number of pieces of military hardware produced in bigger numbers
by baybal2 6y ago
> TWINSCAN NXE:3400C is probably the most expensive machine in the world.
Unfortunately no. A number of pieces of military hardware produced in bigger numbers will leave even that pricetag in the dust.
- JohnJamesRambo 6y agoLike what?
- baybal2 6y agoFighter jets, bombers, few missile systems, air defence systems, subs, and surface military ships... the list would be long.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoB2 spirit costs more than its weight in gold, clocking in at close to a billion
- paulnechifor 6y ago3.17 billion in 2019 dollars, or 1.11 if you exclude the sunk costs.
- JohnJamesRambo 6y agoThat is absolutely incredible.
- shi314 6y agoThere are plenty aircraft models like B-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor etc. that cost above $200 million.
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- joejerryronnie 6y agoDo aircraft carriers count in this context? They’re reasonably expensive to produce.
- mrep 6y agoGerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are being built at 13 billion a piece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_...
- jmnicolas 6y ago> reasonably expensive The USS Ford is said to cost around 13 billions. I wouldn't call that "reasonable" :) https://usadefensenews.com/2020/11/13/meet-the-us-navys-13-billion-aircraft-carrier-uss-gerald-ford/ https://usadefensenews.com/2020/11/13/meet-the-us-navys-13-b...
- joejerryronnie 6y agoHaha, I know - I should have added a wink emoji after that statement.
- paulnechifor 6y agoThe next Air Force One supposedly costs 4 billion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One#VC-25B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One#VC-25B .
- dash2 6y agoIt's not wholly clear that aircraft carriers etc. should count as machines. What if we limit the definition to "something used to make other things"?
- baybal2 6y agoMost gigantic blast furnaces, or hydraulic instruments on record if you correct for inflation? Though, most things like these made little sense economically even back in the days they were built.
- magicalhippo 6y agoReminds me of when I saw the customs declaration they had to make for the Troll oil platform[1]. It was "a thing" made here in the country, and it was being transported out of the country, so of course they had to customs declare it... The declaration essentially said "one oil platform, unpackaged". There was a suitable tariff code for it, but the value of it was so great the electronic customs declaration system couldn't handle all the digits. Instead they had to write the value as a free-text comment. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_A_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_A_platform