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- From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
- Subject: Re: Tomahawk cost
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:37:40 GMT
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- From fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
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- In article <C143ou.35n@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> wolit@mhuxd.att.com writes:
- >
- >From wolit@mhuxd.att.com
- >
- >In article <C124qz.7Fq@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, garry@alice.att.com (garry hodgson) writes:
- >
- >> I was listening to reports of our cruise missile
- >> attack on Iraq. They said we launched 30-40 Tomahawk cruise
- >> missiles at the Iraqi nuclear facility. I got curious,
- >> just how much do each of these cost? It is clear that
- >
- >They're about a million bucks apiece.
-
- The word that came out later said that the 40 missile raid cost
- $24M...so they're somewhat less than $1M each. Maybe there's a
- discount for quantity buys?
-
- >Firing 40 of them at Baghdad
- >yesterday didn't dissuade the Iraqis from turning on their air defense
- >fire control radars or flying in the "no-fly" zone today, so I guess
- >they weren't very effective.
-
- They weren't intended or used to suppress anti-air.
-
- The Iraqis are pretty sure that no populated area would be a target for
- Allied forces, so they aren't too worried. The targets likely to be
- chosen, though expensive to repair, also don't involve many people as
- potential targets.
-
- Notice that during the attack, lights stayed on in Baghdad, and it doesn't
- look as though street traffic was too concerned.
-
- >Ask the people at the al-Rashid hotel
- >how accurate they are. They carry about 1000 lbs of explosive.
-
- And by looking at the damage to the hotel, you can bet that the warhead
- did not go off.
-
- As for accuracy...if the missile hadn't been hit by AA fire, it wouldn't
- have hit the hotel.
-
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