On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:50:23 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote:
On Mar 29, 8:25*am, DD_BobK wrote:
On Mar 28, 9:22*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
"mm" wrote in message
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OT *What does a Tomohawk missile really cost?
They keep saying a million dollars, or a little less, but does that
include amortizing billions of dollars of development costs?
What is the marginal cost of another missile?
It's hard to believe anything costs a million dollars after there is
an assembly line of sorts.
Hellfires are $82k per copy. *Don't know about Tomahawk. *That is a larger
surface launched missile, right? *Love watching the Hellfire strikes on
youtube. *Now you see 'em, now you don't.
Steve
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Hellfire ~100lbs
Tomahawk ~3000 lbs
Helfire range *~8km
Tomahawk range ~2500km
Based on performance & capacity *..... those Tomahawks look like a
bargain *
But I wouldn't waste one even on heavy armor.
later (current?) procurement cycle supposed to reduce cost by ~50%
thus getting it down to ~ 1/2 million each
Our first 12 production units for the AH-64 Apache 30mm Ammunition
Magazine cost ~$150k each (1982) *by the third production buy (120
units) we'd gotten the price down to $50k each.
Cost reduction is driven by learning curve, value engineering design
changes and lot size increases.
cheers
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Cost reduction is about increasing profit. Absolutely nothing to do
with selling price.
I see the clueless Brit is back from his riots.