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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn 2011, it was estimated that a single Tomahawk cruise missile costs US$1,410,000.[1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missileA cruise missile is a guided missile, the major portion of whose flight path to its target (a land-based or sea-based target) is conducted at approximately constant velocity; that relies on the dynamic reaction of air for lift, and upon propulsion forces to balance drag. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy. Modern cruise missiles can travel at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and can fly on a non-ballistic, extremely low altitude trajectory. They are distinct from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in that they are used only as weapons and not for reconnaissance. In a cruise missile, the warhead is integrated into the vehicle and the vehicle is always sacrificed in the mission.
Cruise missile designs fundamentally derive from the German V-1 of World War II. Advances in transistor and computer technology have contributed to self-correcting avionic and aeronautical designs that allow missiles to be guided in flight, as opposed to only at launch. These advances developed into guided missiles and guided bombs, and later into the modern cruise missile.
In 2011, it was estimated that a single Tomahawk cruise missile costs US$1,410,000.[1
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In 2011, it was estimated that a single Tomahawk cruise missile costs US$1,410,000.[1 (Original Post)
xchrom
Aug 2013
OP
Figures. They'll need to be used up then and probably can't be recycled into something
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#6
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)1. oh fuck think of what that money could do instead of the
destruction it will wrought?
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)2. you can get one on amazon for half that nt
Aerows
(39,961 posts)7. Bidding on ebay
is lower.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)3. my goodness, that is more than I make in a full year
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. How long do they keep before they get rusty? n/t
xchrom
(108,903 posts)5. apparently, not very? we seem to use them pretty fast.
maybe like a loaf of bread?
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)6. Figures. They'll need to be used up then and probably can't be recycled into something
useful Raytheon could sell to the Wall Street crowd in a holiday catalogue.
What a shame.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)8. Syria strike could bring Raytheon payday