Lets see wee launched over 100 cruise missiles in Libya do the math

[bigdarryl]

According to this web page each missile cost 500,000 each.Like I said no money for 99'ers ,education and no raise for Federal workers for two years because we have money problems. WHAT A JOKE!!!!!! http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. The MIC will be fed no matter what, count on it. n/t

[theoldman]

2. Those missile will have to be replaced so it means more jobs.

I don't think there are many foreign companies involved in the manufacture of US missiles.

[bigdarryl]

3. you hope so

[jaxx]

4. News says the US & the UK together launched 110 missiles.

Do the math on that.

[KeepItReal]

5. That cost was as of FY'99

Eom

[Marblehead]

6. I would rather

we built something less destructive

[bigdarryl]

7. Russia's system is NO JOKE either look at this shit

DAMN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUktIbyWRg

[KeepItReal]

8. Tomahawks cost between $700k and $1.4 million each

In December 2002 the Pentagon approved the Navy's plan to buy 1,353 of the new Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile for as much as $2 billion over five years. The weapon would enter full production in fiscal 2004, and the Navy would spend $241 million that year to buy 292 missiles and $195 million in fiscal 2005 for the next 227. The Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile is being developed for the Navy by Raytheon Systems Company. The updated costs for this next generation of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles are $729,000 each, down from the $1.4 million each for the Block III Tomahawks, now in the fleet. The total buy is now set at up to 2,200 missiles over a five-year cycle for a total program cost of $1.6 billion.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bgm-109-var.htm

[doc03]

9. The truth of it is the missles had a use before

April 2011 date so they were going to be junked anyway. :sarcasm:

[cottonseed]

10. What price are you putting on each Libyan's life?

Then we'd do a cost/benefit... and you'd know whether it was a joke or not.