They produced 10 of these weapons in only nine weeks. If we allow for a team of 50 people working on project, at a cost of $50 per hour and 40 hours per week, one week per bomb, would be 2,000 manhours or $100,000 for labor. Add $100,000 for material, which seems fairly generous.
The 13+ million per bomb story that is floating about is complete B.S.
Makes good sense, thanks.
People can’t seem to remember so I’ve put it back in my tagline...
And some will say in seriousness: “Gee, now we have a $13 million toilet seat that kills people.”
I’m saying it in pure sarcasm
Good to know.
That reduces the cost per IS combatant killed considerably.
I hope the number reported, 36, is complete BS too.
Hmmm. Will cnn report a gazillion dollars/unit? “Wasted” of course. I heard someone yesterday say there were only 16 “known” to exist. Maybe only 15 now. BOOM!!
I can buy propane for a bit over a dollar a pound. Do the math...
Freedom isn’t free. It costs a buck-oh-five.
Guessing the doody heads in the press want to attach an horrendous $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.$$ per each of the presumed 36 terrorists killed by the MOAB...
Of course the diplo-dollars gained by showing a bit of the edge of the sabre......priceless
KYPD
Why are they wasting all of that MOAB money on a bunch of kaffirs, what a waste!/S
Use it on a few radical mosques in Indonesia, who are connected to Barry Sotoro , with who he has likely been meeting in French Polynesia. Gonna light up the Pacific and Australia. Liberal fascism first and Liberal Fascism last with Obummer, spreading the good news of Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky, and how to use social media championed by that lefty gonzo, purple pimpernel, Mark Zuckerberg.
it cost 36 terrorists- well worth the admission fee
Another way to look at it...
Apart from the cost of delivery, this bomb cost us nothing.
It was paid for years ago, and there are no plans to replace it.
I personally don’t care what the MOAB costs.That bomb wiped out at least 26 ISIS scum,so I say keep ‘em coming.
I find your estimate quite plausible and reasonable. Thank you.
You can build a W-88 warhead for about $1mil, excluding the cost of the “material”.
That “cost” employs hundreds (if not thousands). The “cost” of war is a redherring. MONEY STAYS RIGHT HERE.
Who cares!?
Its cheaper than the arms, legs, and lives it would have cost to send in ground troops to that area.
The 13+ million per bomb story that is floating about is complete B.S.
Yeah, the MOAB was one of these quick and dirty projects that got done fast by a small and dedicated team of engineers and techs because we needed it.
The MOAB is just a really big fuel -air bomb that is relatively inexpensive to produce. We should use them more often
That’s not surprising, since the DOD is “missing” $6.5 TRILLION of our tax dollars! They have never been audited because there is no bookkeeping system in place. At least when they have a few big bombs, there is something to show for our money, but that’s only a few measles millions. Someone should be in prison for their colossal theft.
Couldn’t care less what it cost.
Release the video of it’s use and make us proud...
Good.
http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104614/massive-ordnance-penetrator/ takes you to the USAF fact sheet on the weapon—it is “Massive Ordinance Perpetrator (MOP), not MOAB.
Media gets it wrong again.
Cost, found at: http://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/Portals/84/documents/FY12/AFD-110211-039.pdf?ver=2016-08-23-123609-213, pg 05-1 and also page 05-63. . .cost $23Mil for the program start.
With this success, asking for next fiscal year to add $40mil for procurement and an additional $55Mil for more RTD&E.
Bombs like these have a shelf life. At 17 years old, it was near the use it or lose it place in its life cycle.