Reply #1: A few figures [View All]

[callady]

Navy FA-18 fighter-bomber, the $25,600 cost of one of the frequently used
Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs, the top-of-the-line Tomahawk cruise
missiles.

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JDAM bomb: $25,600
-Tomahawk cruise missile: $600,000-$1 million
-MK-82 ``dumb'' bomb: $600-$1,400
-BLU-82 ``daisy-cutter'' bomb: $27,000
-GBU-37 bunker-busting bomb: $231,000
-Black Hawk helicopter of type lost in Pakistan: $11 million
-Pave Low helicopter of type lost in Afghanistan: $40 million

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