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I know the Guardian wrote "80K (pounds, not dollars) or more. However, I question that floor. I wonder what long range ballistic missile actually costs only 8

I know the Guardian wrote "80K (pounds, not dollars) or more. However, I question that floor. I wonder what long range ballistic missile actually costs only 80K pounds.

pinewurst 2y ago
Some cheesy Scud derivative banged out with low labor costs and minimal regard for materials and tolerances? Probably cost as much in HE and fuel as baseline hw under mass production.
paulnpace 2y ago
What are the ingredients to a missile? 1 fashioned cylinder, 4 winglets, 1 Raspberry Pi, 1 large glob of explosives, 1 solid fuel propellant? Obviously I'm being facetious, but we're not talking about some crazy hi-tech gizmos or even genuinely ground-breaking technology, and that price does get a Tesla or two, so really $100,000 isn't cheap. Plus we are not discussing U.S. DoD contractor prices which "everyone knows" have no known correlation to reality.
- compsciphd 2y ago
  http://nations-militaryequipmentlist.weebly.com/ballistic-missiles.html http://nations-militaryequipmentlist.weebly.com/ballistic-mi... take it for what you will, but lists the cheapest iranian long range ballistic missile at $3mil (and no longer in production) this seems to have similar data https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/neither-israel-nor-iran-likely-able-to-sustain-long-drawn-war-say-experts-17811706 https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/neither-israel-nor-iran... > "The (Iranian) drones are not costly, around $50,000 (and) $250,000 for each cruise missile and from $1 to 10 million for a ballistic missile, depending on the model," he says.
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  Hamas's Qassam rockets are basically steel pipe, fins, nozzle, sugar + fertiliser solid fuel, and warhead of various materials: TNT, ammonium nitrate, possibly a grenade. No guidance. These are basically aerial mines and serve as area-denial weapons. Of the many thousands of Qassam rockets launched, they've inflicted 23 deaths (22 Israeli citizens, one Thai national), per Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket>

I know the Guardian wrote "80K (pounds, not dollars) or more. However, I question that floor. I wonder what long range ballistic missile actually costs only 80K pounds.

pinewurst 2y ago

Some cheesy Scud derivative banged out with low labor costs and minimal regard for materials and tolerances? Probably cost as much in HE and fuel as baseline hw under mass production.

paulnpace 2y ago

What are the ingredients to a missile? 1 fashioned cylinder, 4 winglets, 1 Raspberry Pi, 1 large glob of explosives, 1 solid fuel propellant? Obviously I'm being facetious, but we're not talking about some crazy hi-tech gizmos or even genuinely ground-breaking technology, and that price does get a Tesla or two, so really $100,000 isn't cheap. Plus we are not discussing U.S. DoD contractor prices which "everyone knows" have no known correlation to reality.

compsciphd 2y ago
http://nations-militaryequipmentlist.weebly.com/ballistic-missiles.html http://nations-militaryequipmentlist.weebly.com/ballistic-mi... take it for what you will, but lists the cheapest iranian long range ballistic missile at $3mil (and no longer in production) this seems to have similar data https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/neither-israel-nor-iran-likely-able-to-sustain-long-drawn-war-say-experts-17811706 https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/neither-israel-nor-iran... > "The (Iranian) drones are not costly, around $50,000 (and) $250,000 for each cruise missile and from $1 to 10 million for a ballistic missile, depending on the model," he says.
dredmorbius 2y ago
Hamas's Qassam rockets are basically steel pipe, fins, nozzle, sugar + fertiliser solid fuel, and warhead of various materials: TNT, ammonium nitrate, possibly a grenade. No guidance. These are basically aerial mines and serve as area-denial weapons. Of the many thousands of Qassam rockets launched, they've inflicted 23 deaths (22 Israeli citizens, one Thai national), per Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qassam_rocket>