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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:48 PM Original message |
120 Tomahawk missiles at about $1,000,000 each |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sunk costs? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. A link? I imagine you aren't far off. :( nt |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The 1.5-tonne missile, which cost between $US600,000 and $US1.2 million each, can carry a 450-kilogr |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. depends on type and year produced |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. They cost 500k each. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Phew. That's lots better than a million each. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Twice the war for half the price |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yeah, at a million a piece I balk. At $500k a piece, I'm thinking we should drop some on Vanatu... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Haha |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I see you have your scrubbing bubbles on |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Average production cost was $569,000 apiece in 1999. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Let's buy more !!!!SERIES!!11!!!11 cheap at half the price |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yup. We're gonna need more. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stopping Benghazi from being razed: Priceless. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Stopping America from being the mop in a dirty world, less costly than your war |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. The F-35 will cost us a TRILLION dollars. Link to the topic about that: |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I wonder how much that adds to the deficit? |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. A small down payment for freedom |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Or a bunch of civilian deaths or whatever |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. The missles were already paid for in past budgets/funding |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. won't those missiles now need to be replaced? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I don't know. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. We do, there's the famous quote that bombing people actually is profitable because... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Their replacements are already bought and paid for. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. nice |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yep, if anything they're happy now that they're liquid. As fucked up as that sounds. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Don't they call up the National Guard and Reserves to backfill for members of our armed forces? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well the navy guys on the three submarines that the USA has sent to Libya .... |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. WOW! So I guess the wars in Afganistan and Iraq were/are free too. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. So is that a happy thought for you, that someone else paid for the deaths and not you? |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. That would totally pay for NPR |
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