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I'm not saying we shouldn't have military spending, but we don't get much for what we pay for, similar to healthcare.

• zamalek 4y ago
  A single Javelin missile costs $170M. It's impossible to disagree with you. However, given that Russia is using chips from laundry machines and microwaves (the type of information that makes me seriously question their hypermissile claims), I do think that we are getting great results if you ignore bang for buck.
  • crispyambulance 4y ago
    I think you're getting it mixed up with something else. The javelin is a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon. According to wikipedia it has a unit cost >$200K (just for the missile). Not sure sure what the launcher pricing is, nor the amortized development cost. Yes, it's still high, but it is enough to shift balance of power in Ukraine (for example).
  • kristjansson 4y ago
    You're actually bang-on, if you intended 'M' to denote thousands[0]. Otherwise the Peacekeeper[1] is the closest I could find to a per-unit cost of $170mm, and that offers ... quite a bit more bang. [0]: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/29/how-this-us-made-176000-anti-tank-weapon-could-change-the-war-in-ukraine.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/29/how-this-us-made-176000-anti... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper
    • zamalek 4y ago
      I did intend a 'K', thanks for the correction :)