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To be fair, that's one of the most expensive weapons shown here. Griffin, the JDAMs and GBUs, Hellfire, and APKWS are all much cheaper than that. (Source: worke
by cgearhart 6y ago
To be fair, that's one of the most expensive weapons shown here. Griffin, the JDAMs and GBUs, Hellfire, and APKWS are all much cheaper than that. (Source: worked for 10 years in acquisition for many of these weapons)
- ip26 6y agoI was wondering how the financials could possibly work, that clarifies. Even the DOD can't afford to be slinging thousands upon thousands of Tomahawks about, the numbers just don't work.
- trhway 6y agoThat's why the DDG-1000 guns don't have the ammunition to shoot - the plans were for it to cost in the Excalibur ballpark while the actual price is half the Tomahawk - $800K, so they are thinking about taking the guns completely off the ships. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/navy-league/2019/05/07/the-us-navy-is-eyeing-a-big-change-to-its-new-stealth-destroyers/ https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/navy-league...