Don't know the cost but the rate of development is so fast they don't want to keep the old ones anyway. It's not like they would keep it and use it for anything

Don't know the cost but the rate of development is so fast they don't want to keep the old ones anyway. It's not like they would keep it and use it for anything except scrap metal. The technology is so out of date compared to the models waiting to go. Blowing it up or ditching it in the sea is basically an easy way to get it off the pad to make room for the next one.