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Mawspam2

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10. It was 14 GBU-57s @ $3.5 mil each.

Reply to flashman13 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 06:45 PM

Jun 2025

14 × $3.5mil = $49mil just for bombs.
Plus

7 B-2s running 36 hours (18 each way) at a cost of $65,000 per hour.
7 × 36 × $65k = $16mil
Plus

125 total refuelers/fighters/support aircraft. Cost ??

Just so Photo-Op Don could beat his chest about how great a warrior he is.

And don't think this is over.

Eff him.

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