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Cruise missiles are like a million bucks a pop.
by anonuser123456 5y ago
Cruise missiles are like a million bucks a pop.
- tapland 5y agoYes. So would drones with crazy ranges, speeds and ability to stop threats.
- thedudeabides5 5y agowhich is pretty much what's on order https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3147997/regional-stability-risk-chinas-growing-use-military-drones https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3147997/reg...
- nosianu 5y agoHowever, I would expect drones to be reusable and not of the self-destruct type like a cruise-missile, so that you get at least those drones back that were not shot down, and/or have them attack more than only a single target.
- willvarfar 5y agoSweden has reusable torpedos. Most torpedos can be tested, but Sweden’s are routinely testable and that’s a very different capability. And as the torpedos become more autonomous, they become drones that can act like torpedos if the opportunity presents. Similar parallels can be drawn to the Iranian attack on Saudi refineries recently. The line between cruise missiles and drones blurred. So, yes, there is a move towards cruise missiles being chassis you can task with routine intelligence gathering, picket etc and even launching stand-off ordinance.
- the-dude 5y agoIf I remember correctly, most of the torpedos of the Western Allies of WWII failed. Did not work.
- willvarfar 5y agoThat is true, and there are great documentaries about how the US messed that up so badly. There was similar lack of faith in the British tigerfish in the 80s. But generally modern torpedos are expected to work effectively and are tested. Sweden is leading the way on the dronification of torpedos.
- threeseed 5y agoWe have drones with crazy range, speed and ability to stop threats. They are called UAVs and indeed cost millions each.
- imtringued 5y agoPeople don't seem to understand that we mount missiles on expensive jets because jets can travel thousands of miles and must not be shot down before they reach their destination. When people talk about how they can build lethal drones for $100 or something they assume that you can launch the weapon 3 miles away from the target and that the target has already been spotted. It's like saying that a million dollars can kill a million people because bullets cost less than $1. Making the bullet is the easy part. You still have to deliver it to the target.
- numpad0 5y agoI can’t stand those “$100 lethal drone” people dumping same story over, starting off by describing rocket artillery and derailing into strategic bombing all while maintaining it’s all enabled by battery prop toy drones. WTF they have their brains for!
- XorNot 5y agoA regular guided bomb dropped from a plane is like $250,000 though.The F-35 is forecasted to cost something like $7.8 million per plane per year.
- imtringued 5y agoWell, modern guided bombs can follow moving targets, they have become gravity powered missiles. They're worth the money.
- davhandy 5y agoThat sounds really cheap, source? I was expecting maybe 10m (still a drop in the ocean). At 1m a pop you can fire a 1000 a day a still only be at 1billion/day
- ganzuul 5y agoHow many millions do you have? I have none.
- aliswe 5y agonot ballistic, but: In 2015 the United States planned to procure 7,474 rounds with a FY2015 total program cost of US$1.9341 billion at an average cost of US$258,777 per unit.[6] By 2016, unit costs were reduced to US$68,000 per round https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur