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> Meaning that $74.6 billion[2] is enough to buy Apple 12 nuclear carriers You can't buy a single operational carrier for that price.

• ykl 12y ago
  Of course you can't actually get an operational navy, you'll just have 12 empty carrier shaped hunks of steel. Hence why I noted that it's a silly comparison.
  • korzun 12y ago
    You went from a nuclear carrier to carrier shaped hulks of steel really fast.
• Dylan16807 12y ago
  Do you mean that they're not for sale, which is obvious, or are you saying the true price is different? How different?
  • jacquesm 12y ago
    He means that money alone won't get you an operational carrier.
    • Dylan16807 12y ago
      Are you sure that's what he means? I'm pretty amused at the contrast between your comment and ykl's, who has elaborated on korzun in terms of money alone.
  • ykl 12y ago
    That number does not include things like airplanes and people and supplies that you need to actually make a carrier useful.
    • Dylan16807 12y ago
      Staffing and supplies for the staff are cheap enough when you have billions. Let's say you forgo airplanes, how much is it going to cost to get that carrier ready to sail?
      • rjaco31 12y ago
        Airplanes ain't exactly cheap though
        • Dylan16807 12y ago
          ...which is why the two sentence comment you replied to said to forgo airplanes...