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Good point. The military should know where their own planes are, too.
by mtdewcmu 13y ago
Good point. The military should know where their own planes are, too.
- lostlogin 13y agoMaybe. Their record for knowing where stuff is isn't that good. The Iraq adventure lost $1billion of stuff. This shouldn't be confused with the overall cost (some would also say loss here) of a few trillion dollars for the whole episode. http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500257_162-3584247.html http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500257_162-3584247.html
- twoodfin 13y agoIraq war estimates in the trillions involve some pretty iffy calculations of long-term effects, like guessing the impact on the price of oil. The actually budgetary cost was much lower.
- lostlogin 13y agoAgreed. And as soon as your reaching any figure anywhere near that high, any source of error is going to make a large difference. I'm sure everyone agrees that the cost V benefit ratio wasn't that good though.
- mtdewcmu 13y agoYes, but they said Saddam was a Hitler. A cheap, shabbier version, sort of like Hitler's wayward alcoholic brother. And minus the million-man German army, etc.
- mtdewcmu 13y agoWell, losing hardware is not quite the same as losing track of flying planes with nuclear bombs on board. When the plane went down, you would sure hope that they knew to send help.
- lostlogin 13y agoThere have been a few bombs lost overtime according the the Wikipedia page, usually as the result of plane mechanical issues.
- ballard 13y agoFunny you should mention this. So my mom was a civil-service accountant/programmer for the armed services at NAS Moffett Field in the 1970's. She recounted story after story of conspicous waste, especially related to expensive aircraft parts (lost/stolen/missing). Also, a guy I know became very unpopular (career ending) with COs for objecting to needlessly chewing up $1 mil helicopter turbines. So it seems par for the course.