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Why do people keep bringing up the cost of the missile? The cost to run the us military is much more than 1 million dollars per minute.
by Invictus0 4y ago
Why do people keep bringing up the cost of the missile? The cost to run the us military is much more than 1 million dollars per minute.
- andrewmunsell 4y agoBecause if we kept thinking this way, then the cost of the military would never go down below $1m per minute. Unnecessary spending-- and not just shooting down Arduinos-- contributes to the total spend & therefore budget
- kube-system 4y agoThe value in training and lessons learned from these events will likely greatly exceed the value of the materials spent.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoOver 525 billion dollars / year ? https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2980014/the-department-of-defense-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2023-defense-budg/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/298001... Well over $1million / minute.
- rootusrootus 4y ago525.6B per year would be 1M/minute.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoright, but who's counting? :)
- localplume 4y ago[dead]
- macinjosh 4y agoSo? I am not disturbed that we used 0.00001% (or whatever) of the military budget on a missile. I am disturbed that for a cost of that single missile we could replace the lead pipes in an elementary school or employ multiple teachers for a year.
- Invictus0 4y agoI don't know why it surprises you that it costs a lot of money to research, develop, manufacture, store, distribute, and maintain low-volume cutting edge weapons technology using expensive all-American components and labor. The fact that a babysitter is paid less than the cost of a missile seems pretty unrelated. And if you think you can build a sidewinder for under $30k, please go right ahead, the country needs you.
- cool_dude85 4y agoI'll build one sidewinder for 20 gs right now. Next time you want to shoot down a mylar balloon with one, don't. Follow my advice and have 1 more sidewinder than in the counterfactual. How can I expect to receive the 20k?
- chinchilla2020 4y agoIf the missile wasn't fired, it would end up in a disposal yard. The US orders missiles and airplanes in large batches, then uses them or they become obsolete. The cost of the missile was already baked in long before it was fired.