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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-israel-says-eilat-port-bankrupt-after-months-houthi-naval-blockade/
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlhexbear21·5 months agoSingle 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets. linkfedilink
minus-squareBeamBrain [he/him]hexbear22·5 months ago"It costs 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds." link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear15·5 months agoBulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it. link
minus-squareGucci_Minh [he/him]hexbear17·edit-25 months agoIn 2030: Sure the USN lost a multibillion dollar carrier to a swarm of DJIs with explosives duct taped to them, but damn did the CIWS tracers look cool for the first couple minutes before everything blew up, and isn't that money well spent? link
minus-squareChaosMaterialist [he/him]hexbear10·5 months agoEven if you used something expensive, such as military drones, it's still an order of magnitude less than Phalanx, to say nothing about the millions of dollars for missiles to shoot them down. link
Single 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets.
"It costs 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds."
Bulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.
In 2030: Sure the USN lost a multibillion dollar carrier to a swarm of DJIs with explosives duct taped to them, but damn did the CIWS tracers look cool for the first couple minutes before everything blew up, and isn't that money well spent?
Even if you used something expensive, such as military drones, it's still an order of magnitude less than Phalanx, to say nothing about the millions of dollars for missiles to shoot them down.