• fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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    2 months ago

    Article says they used 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles which it says “cost” $13m each, so that’s $1b.

    I suspect that value includes development costs which were spent decades ago.

    It might only cost $1m to make another one.

    • addictedtochaos@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      they had to use them eventually, they were built for this exact purpose. so they invested in destruction, they didnt loose money at all.