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Cost per shot including the development and unit costs amortized over the service life of the weapons system? Or is that just the cost of the energy that got pu
by 0_____0 7mo ago
Cost per shot including the development and unit costs amortized over the service life of the weapons system? Or is that just the cost of the energy that got pumped into the laser?
- Bender 7mo agoThat cost per shot is just the energy utilized by the C2 targeting and laser system. I have no idea what the overall cost of the system is. I have not yet found it published. I would wager the overall system is rather expensive but worth it to the point of using expensive ballistics to neutralize a 40k drone which is at risk of being overwhelmed. I also can't find the accurate time to target stats, just overall dwell time.
- Markoff 7mo agoIs the cost per shot even relevant if you don't include value of the saved property?
- xnx 7mo agoYes. To compare to alternative defenses.
- compsciphd 7mo agoyes and no. Imagine they have 100 40k drones. Imagine, if a drone hits it will destroy $10mil in property. So your $100k or even $500k interceptor looks cheap. However, they have 100 of them (so spend 4mil). so you might have to spend (if say 100k each). 10mil to protect your 10mil in property (and more if the interceptors cost more). If on the other hand you can get the cost down to pennies (minus R&D costs), this is no longer part of the calculus.