Quote:Most of America’s warships set sail packed full of missiles. These include surface-to-air missiles to shoot down everything from drones to ballistic missiles, surface-to-surface missiles used to attack targets on land and sea, and even rocket-delivered torpedoes to defend against prowling submarines. These weapons can be depleted quickly during combat operations, as we have seen in and around the Red Sea recently. So, how much do each of those missiles really cost? We dug into the Pentagon’s budget documents to find out.

(05-29-2024, 12:38 PM)727Sky Wrote: When I see reports like this it does not make me proud nor does it make me sleep better at night. You could fund all kinds of black projects with the insane pricing of America's defense by the MIC that Ike warned us about. Million + dollar missiles to down a $3000 drone fired by a less than third world country. Boy howdy we showed them !! $80,000 dollar an hour operating cost for many of our aircraft not even counting the price of the hardware/aircraft to begin with kinda makes me sick at the waste I see.

Quote:Most of America’s warships set sail packed full of missiles. These include surface-to-air missiles to shoot down everything from drones to ballistic missiles, surface-to-surface missiles used to attack targets on land and sea, and even rocket-delivered torpedoes to defend against prowling submarines. These weapons can be depleted quickly during combat operations, as we have seen in and around the Red Sea recently. So, how much do each of those missiles really cost? We dug into the Pentagon’s budget documents to find out.

(06-02-2024, 10:13 AM)727Sky Wrote: 1965 thru 1968 Vietnam 224 Aim 7 sparrow missiles were fired at Migs ($125,000 a pop 1960s dollars) with only 20 hits. Ask anyone who flew over North Vietnam about the great AIM 7 missiles they were given to protect themselves and engage the enemy with. That is one of the reasons future fighters were given gun pods or were equipped/manufactured with guns.