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To: OCC
The cost of the B-2 program in 1994 dollars was reported at $737 million per plane; however, the total cost of the program with development, spares, and facilities averaged over $2.1 billion per plane as of 1997 according to the B-2 program office

The unit price would be lower if we bought more of them...

125 posted on 02/23/2008 8:36:04 AM PST by null and void (The less you know, the better Hillary looks.)
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To: null and void

I think I read that any more production after the first 20 (in 1994) would have been $1.2 billion each. Unfortunately all the manufacturing tools were destroyed or sold off, so building a replacement is no longer an option.


128 posted on 02/23/2008 9:03:21 AM PST by OCC
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