Damn!!!! Bullets and Bombs aint cheap 1997 prices

Munitions Acquisition Cost

Table A11-1 is provided for the purpose of estimating munition costs. Munition costs reflect the contract price per unit, as of the last procurement escalated to current dollars. For Items procured through the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) costs may vary each year due to changes in price surcharges. Item costs are generally for the most common complete round configuration and do not include minor sub-component items like clips, wires, plugs, etc. OPR: Capt Brian Withrow, HQ USAF/ILSR, DSN: 225-2840
AFI 65-503 COST AND PLANNING FACTORS
Attachment 11
May-97
WEAPON

97 $

ROCKETS

2.75" HE W/MK66................... $482.20
2.75" WP W/MK66.................. $484.36
2.75" SIGNATURE.............. $461.18
SIGNALS, MARKERS, FLARES
AIRBURST SIMULATOR M74A1 $21.62
ALA-17 $357.60
GROUNDBURST SIMULATOR $5.28
LUU-2B FLARE.................... $557.35
LUU-4 ................................$450.00
M-206 CART FLARE#........... $12.24
MJU-10B FLARE# ................$60.32
MJU-2 ................................$131.31
MJU-23 FLARE# .......................$803.86
MJU-7B FLARE# .......................$23.31
RR-170 ...............................$1.97
RR-180 CHAFF#.................      .$13.99
RR-188 CHAFF# $2.33
SIGNAL PERS DISTRESS KIT $93.00
SMOKEY SAM SIMULATOR $101.05
# PRICE INCLUDES IMPULSE CARTRIDGE
CARTRIDGES

.50 CALIBER API ........$2.03
.50 CALIBER 4-I................ $2.39
.50 BALL .......................$2.50
.50 CALIBER API-T $2.94
5.56MM BALL $0.39
5.56MM BLANK, SAW $0.35
5.56MM TRACER, SAW $0.52
7.62MM BALL & TRACER OR BALL $0.60
7.62MM 4-I $0.72
7.62MM MATCH GRADE $0.97
7.62MM TR $0.38
20MM HCI PGU-28 $16.91
20MM PGU-27 $4.87
20MM TPT BULK PGU-30 $8.31
30MM TP $7.73
30MM HEI $24.75
40MM HEDO $15.41
40MM TP M781/M888 $2.12
40MM HEDP $16.14
40MM CS $8.95
40MM API $7.82
40MM TP $14.54
105MM HE $160.00
105MM WP $63.72
12 GA SHOTGUN 00 BUCKSHOT $0.30
9MM BALL $0.13

CLUSTER BOMBS

CBU-52 $2,280.00
CBU-58 $2,973.00
CBU-71 $4,692.00
CBU-87 $12,370.30
CBU-87(WCMD) $55,746.00
CBU-89 $40,114.21
CBU-97 (SFW) $329,084.00
CBU-97 (SFW)(WCMD) $349,524.00
MK-20 ROCKEYE $3,711.00

UNGUIDED BOMBS

BDU-33 25 LB $16.04
BDU-50 LOW DRAG (INERT) $502.77
BDU-50 HIGH DRAG (INERT) $831.77
MK-82 LOW DRAG $1,706.97
MK-82 HIGH DRAG $2,117.97
MK-84 LOW DRAG (INERT) $2,380.00
MK-84 HIGH DRAG (INERT) $3,576.38
MK-84 LOW DRAG $3,695.35
MK-84 HIGH DRAG $5,755.93
BDU-56 $3,576.38
BLU-109 $10,229.87
M-117 $999.40
NOTE: MINOR SUBCOMPONENTS INCLUDING CLIPS, WIRES, PLUGS, ETC ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE PRICES.

GUIDED BOMBS

GBU-10 (MK84) $24,721.89
GBU-10 (I2K) $30,501.42
GBU-12 $21,896.00
GBU-15 (TV) $224,882.84
GBU-15 (IR) $222,038.12
GBU-15 $227,264.12
GBU-15 (IR) $224,419.40
GBU-24 (MK-84) $54,246.38
GBU-24 (I2K) $60,641.34
GBU-27 $58,222.14
GBU-28 $100,699.00
JDAM/MK-84 $22,339.27
JSOW/BASELINE $188,048.00
JSOW/BLU-108 $324,996.00
NOTE: MINOR SUBCOMPONENTS INCLUDING CLIPS, WIRES, PLUGS, ETC ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE PRICES.

MISSILES

AGM-65A MAVERICK $17,505.00
AGM-65B MAVERICK $19,000.00
AGM-65D MAVERICK $112,000.00
AGM-65G MAVERICK $109,763.00
AGM-84 HARPOON $334,100.00
AGM-86C CALCM $600,000.00
AGM-88B $181,458.88
AGM-88C HARM $235,986.48
AGM-130 A/C IR $360,766.00
AGM-130 TV $331,000.00
AGM-142A HAVE NAP $737,000.00
AGM-142D HAVE NAP $635,000.00
AIM-7M $178,474.14
AIM-9M $44,080.00
AIM-120A $1,079,600.40
AIM-120B AMRAAM $525,564.00
OTHERS

JPF $3,793.00
Munitions Designators

Designator Description
AGM Air To Ground Missile
AIM Air To Air Infrared Missile
ALA Ancilliary Light Assy.
API Armor Piercing Incendiary
API-T Armor Piercing Incend.w/TR
BDU Simulated Bomb Units
CBU Cluster Bomb Unit
CS Chemical Fill
GBU Guided Bomb Unit
HE High Exlosive
HED High Explosive
HEI High Explosive Incendiary
HEIT High Explosive Dual Purpose
LAU Launcher
LUU Luminating Unit
M Model Designator
MK Mark/Model Designator
MJU Munition Countermeasure
PGU Ammunition Unit
RR Radar Reflector
SAM Surface To Air Missile
S&I Smoke & Illuminating
TP Target Practice
TPT TP-Tracer
TR Tracer
WP White Phosphorous

What about MK-48 torpedos, SubRocs, and Trident Missiles???

Wikipedia article on this torpedo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_48_torpedo . Lots of interesting specs including the $3.8 MILLION cost per EACH. .
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Trident Facts and Figures
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What is the Trident submarine?
Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, nuclear- powered, able to remain submerged for long periods without surfacing, virtually undetectable when submerged.

Length: 560 , beam: 42 feet.
Crew: 15 Officers, 140 Enlisted men
What is its mission?
From the US Navy website:
"Strategic deterrence has been the sole mission of the fleet ballistic missile submarine since its inception in 1960. Trident provides the nation's most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability.

Trident ballistic missile submarines provide the sea-based "leg" of the triad of U.S. strategic deterrent forces. The 18 Trident submarines carry 50 percent of the total U.S. strategic warheads. Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, the submarines are capable of rapidly targeting their missiles should the need arise, using secure and constant at-sea communications links."

How many US Navy Tridents are there?
18, 10 in King's Bay, Georgia, 8 at Bangor, Washington. According to the 1994 "Nuclear Posture Review," this number is to be reduced to 14 when START II goes into effect. START II was ratified by the Russian Duma in April, 2000. Usually, at least five of the 18 Trident submarines are on patrol in the Atlantic and Pacific at any given moment. They carry 960 nuclear warheads.

Where is the Bangor base?
Sub Base Bangor is on Hood Canal north of Silverdale on the Kitsap Peninsula. The base employs 11,000 military and civilian people, it is the largest employer in North Kitsap County. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates over 1,600 nuclear weapons are based at the Bangor base.

Who else has these kinds of submarines?
Russia has 23 strategic submarines loaded with 384 missiles. As of 2000, no more than one or two of these submarines is ever on patrol at one time. Great Britain has 4 Trident submarines, each with 16 Trident D-5 missiles. France has 5 ballistic missile submarines with 80 missiles. China is developing a ballistic missile submarine.

What sorts of weapons are on the Trident submarines?
Bangor - based submarines carry 24 Trident I C-4 missiles, with a range of 4000 miles. Maximum warheads allowed under START I is eight per missile. The Atlantic fleet carries Trident D-5 missiles.

Should the order come, the missiles are launched in a compressed air bubble, fly into space, steer in space using satellite navigation, then the warheads separate to drop onto different targets. Total flight time is 25 minutes or less, depending on how close the submarine is to the target

Accuracy is within 800 feet from the target. The warheads are 100 kilotons each, about 6 times the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Each Trident submarine carries over 1000 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb.

The "Trident Upgrade" will equip Bangor's submarines will replace the 100 kiloton weapons with 475 kiloton weapons mounted on missiles with greater accuracy and longer range.

If Trident submarines visit Seattle for Seafair, do they have their nuclear weapons on board? US Navy policy is to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons on any of its vessels or stations.

How much do these Tridents cost
Each submarine cost approximately $3 billion to build
To operate: $77 million per year per submarine
To purchase each new Trident II D-5 missile: $60 million

What is the "Trident Upgrade?"
The Bangor fleet, starting with the USS Alaska, is slated to be retrofitted to carry the larger Trident D-5 missiles. The D-5 has a range of 6000 miles and much more powerful warheads, 475 kt.

How much will the upgrade cost?
The upgrade will cost between $5 and $6.5 billion
. New START provides for further reductions in deployed launch vehicles, limiting the number of Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) to 288, and the number of deployed SLBM warheads to a total of 1,152.

We launched 4 trident missiles with dummy warheads off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada in the early 80's.. 8 Minutes later, we got a message that they all hit the target a few hundred miles off the coast of South Africa.. We always joked that we can hit the dinner table in Moscow, but can't quarantee which place setting..