alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMorning attack on Ukraine cost Russia almost US$1.3 billionwww.pravda.com.uaexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down16
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkMorning attack on Ukraine cost Russia almost US$1.3 billionwww.pravda.com.uaalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoArticle says they used 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles which it says “cost” $13m each, so that’s $1b. I suspect that value includes development costs which were spent decades ago. It might only cost $1m to make another one.
minus-squareaddictedtochaos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agothey had to use them eventually, they were built for this exact purpose. so they invested in destruction, they didnt loose money at all.
Article says they used 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles which it says “cost” $13m each, so that’s $1b.
I suspect that value includes development costs which were spent decades ago.
It might only cost $1m to make another one.
they had to use them eventually, they were built for this exact purpose. so they invested in destruction, they didnt loose money at all.