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Any idea of the budget for a test like this?
by robinj6 5y ago
Any idea of the budget for a test like this?
- barsonme 5y agoI think when you’re doing things on an aircraft-carrier scale the budget is usually, “yes.”
- dmurray 5y agoA carrier group costs around $7 million per day including upfront investment and operating costs [0]. Military high explosive costs around $100/kg, or $2m for a bomb this size. [1] So, somewhat surprisingly to me, this operation was not just a rounding error in the daily budget. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140813034340/http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS%20Carrier_Hendrix_FINAL.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140813034340/http://www.cnas.o... [1] https://newatlas.com/cl-20-high-power-military-explosive/24059/ https://newatlas.com/cl-20-high-power-military-explosive/240...