Quick google reveals anywhere from $55k to $106k/missile. THAT is an expensive way to kill the bad guys.CID1990 wrote:Without looking it up, and assuming you are correct, I would say that the Hellfire would have to be the cheapest smart weapon ever developed by the USChizzang wrote:Last I heard was Hellfires were something like $55,000 each
if the 55K price tag is correct
I was thinking more up in the 300K-400K range
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I think it's closer to $60, IIRC.CID1990 wrote:Without looking it up, and assuming you are correct, I would say that the Hellfire would have to be the cheapest smart weapon ever developed by the USChizzang wrote:Last I heard was Hellfires were something like $55,000 each
if the 55K price tag is correct
I was thinking more up in the 300K-400K range
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[img]The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has already received 75 AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and will soon get 10 ScanEagle reconnaissance drones made by Boeing Co.‘s Insitu unit, according to a Dec. 25 article in The New York Times by Michael Gordon and Eric Schmitt.
The missiles, which cost about $70,000 apiece,[/img]
[img]The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has already received 75 AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and will soon get 10 ScanEagle reconnaissance drones made by Boeing Co.‘s Insitu unit, according to a Dec. 25 article in The New York Times by Michael Gordon and Eric Schmitt.
The missiles, which cost about $70,000 apiece,[/img]
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I wonder how long it will take for a drone and Hellfire to end up in Iran.Ibanez wrote:http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/12/26/iraq- ... le-drones/
[img]The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has already received 75 AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and will soon get 10 ScanEagle reconnaissance drones made by Boeing Co.‘s Insitu unit, according to a Dec. 25 article in The New York Times by Michael Gordon and Eric Schmitt.
The missiles, which cost about $70,000 apiece,[/img]
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