http://www.msn.com/en-us/money...li=BBnbfcL&ocid=iehp

That would put a dent in your budget !

Thats totally redonkulous!

A Million bucks a shot? WOW, and some guys whine about the price of premium reloading bullets that cost a buck each.

Yep. quit whining! LOL

Still shaking my head,
Zeke

If everybody wasn't hoarding the primers, powder, and projectiles, the cost would go down to $900,000

4 billion a ship? A million a shot for ammo? What the hell is wrong with this picture.

Dave

WOW! Along with the expen$ive toilet seats, and outrageously priced hammers...this may be a real bargain! But aren't projects like this supposed to have been researched and cost-accounted death, only to have somebody say "WHO knew"?

yea... I read that crap on yahoo news this morning... why not make 100,000 dollar rockets and shoot more

It's Bush's fault...

Had to pay for Obamacare somehow.

32 ships were planed. Cost overruns ran up to 4 billion per ship. They cut back to 3. To be so far off in the initial estimate is incompetence writ large. Guys, this is our money we are talking about.

Dave

[QUOTE]Originally posted by nopride2:
Guys, this is our money we are talking about.

Yes it is/was our money and it makes me a little sick. I even get more ill when I think about how hard I work and then see my money go to folks who WON"T work. Obviously there are folks in need and we have a civic and moral obligation to help them IMHO.

Who knows? maybe we can get a few things changed since we have a new POTUS..... and hopefully for the better, hopefully!

My 2 cents,
Zeke

quote:

Originally posted by vines:
yea... I read that crap on yahoo news this morning... why not make 100,000 dollar rockets and shoot more

Agree. Just use a regular missile from inventory.

They developed a special round with newly designed guidance features and it's also rocket boosted in flight for extra range, then they only make 2000 of these rounds total. It's the old story of having to put the development cost of something into the individual price of each unit, drastically increasing the price. The first 2000 rounds are a million a piece, if they ever go back and make more then it will be for the real price of the rounds, not the individual price plus the development cost.

quote:

Originally posted by nopride2:
4 billion a ship? A million a shot for ammo? What the hell is wrong with this picture.

Dave

I will tell you one thing that is wrong with it. What if WWIII broke out?? How long would it be before the entire country was spent out of ammunition?? And how would they possibly keep those things supplied? New technology and amazing capabilities are nice, but DAMN!! Sherman tanks were cheap and plentiful!

I think Tomahawks are a million bucks a copy. A side by side comparison would be interesting.

1 million per round, each round sinks a ship worth 1 billion. Pretty good deal but I'll bet Trump can negotiate it down a little.

quote:

Originally posted by ZekeShikar:
A Million bucks a shot? WOW, and some guys whine about the price of premium reloading bullets that cost a buck each.
Zeke

That's cheap! My premium muzzle loading bullets are 2 bucks each, but they look like they belong
in a 50 BMG case.