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DetroitLegalBeagle

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4. I have my doubts we will actually get 100 of them

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 12:48 PM

Nov 2023

We were originally supposed to have 130 B2's and that got reduced to 20. Of course cutting the number down inflated their cost to about $2billion each.

That said, the military and government have been planning for an eventual war with a near peer for a while now. We haven't faced off with near peer since the collapse of the Soviets. Unfortunately, military spending will likely rise more in order to prepare.

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3/4 of a Billion dollars each. That would feed a lot of people. Lochloosa Nov 2023 #1

We live on a planet where so many resources are used to kill each other. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #2

Yes grandpamike1 Nov 2023 #3

I have my doubts we will actually get 100 of them DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2023 #4

A lot of that money goes to wages, and so, in a sense, does feed a lot of people. eggplant Nov 2023 #5