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Like what?

• baybal2 6y ago
  Fighter jets, bombers, few missile systems, air defence systems, subs, and surface military ships... the list would be long.
• ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  B2 spirit costs more than its weight in gold, clocking in at close to a billion
  • paulnechifor 6y ago
    3.17 billion in 2019 dollars, or 1.11 if you exclude the sunk costs.
  • JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
    That is absolutely incredible.
• shi314 6y ago
  There are plenty aircraft models like B-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor etc. that cost above $200 million.
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• joejerryronnie 6y ago
  Do aircraft carriers count in this context? They’re reasonably expensive to produce.
  • mrep 6y ago
    Gerald 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 ago
      Haha, I know - I should have added a wink emoji after that statement.
• paulnechifor 6y ago
  The 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 .