You know how that was done with a Tomahawk

They've now burnt though almost ONE THOUSAND of those

They cost $4 million each, so that's another $4 BILLION that has to be replaced too

Imagine several more months of that or even through 2029

O3marchnative 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has an updated tally on defensive and offensive munition expenditures. It's likely not 100% accurate due to the sensitive nature of those figures.

> 11,294 munitions in the first 16 days of the conflict, at a cost of approximately $26 billion.

Several detailed tables are in the link below.

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/comme...

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lb1lf 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Incidentally, $26B is a sum in the same ballpark as the cost of eradicating homelessness in the US, ending large-scale hunger worldwide or making significant progress towards safe drinking water for all or the eradication of malaria.

	▲	michaelteter an hour ago \| parent [-]
		But how would any of those activities increase the wealth of the decision makers (in the short term)?

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tomasphan 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s a tale as old as time: start a war to support the military industrial complex. Imagine a $4 billion investment into public transportation or parks. Every 10 years we can invest into a new city instead of bombing some kids overseas (whose siblings, fueled by hatred, then commit terror attacks on the west).

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ceejayoz 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We'll run out long before 2029. The 850 fired so far is about a quarter of the entire supply.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-uses-h...

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sailfast 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So far, they are not funded to do this for that long. They have floated a $200B bill to congress, which made national news coverage. It would start a huge, prolonged fight over the war and actually force them to ask permission from congress to fight it (barring totally disregarding the constitution which is still a possibility).

Unfortunately I can very well imagine several more months and years of this. We are still fighting a forever war that started in 2001. This is all a generation of Americans will know, and that is sad.

	▲	Tostino 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
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gambutin 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don’t worry. The Saudis and UAE will happily pay all costs of the war.

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thrawa8387336 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think more than one. One and then another 1 hour after