big trucks are cool
Oshkosh
the fruits of the military industrial complex
the defense section is what you want - be sure to watch the videos
I'm not sure if the truck manufacturers are the same folks that make the overalls I loved as a kid. Can you imagine the difficulty at the switch board: "ATV's? No, we make pants sir."
In big stick diplomacy, choices have to be made. Every tank built means a child goes without healthcare. Proponents would say it keeps us free, but the last time I looked no one was trying to enslave us. That fact seems apparent unless you're worried about what the russians are putting in our water. So I imagine what they mean is, "keep us number 1".
The biggest expense in war is not cruise missles that go for about a million a pop or armament but fuel aka oil to transport the military & it's equipment. The hybrid humvee is a few years from production.
posted by Be Brief @ 11:59 AM
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How much, do you figure, does a tank cost? $500,000? A mill? Grotesque... for a million dollars you could give 100 kids health insurance for life...
oddly the amry fact sheet doesn't list the msrp
one source listed,
unit replacement cost of an abrams at 4.3 million
according to another source, Austrailia placed an order in 2004 for 59 tanks at a cost of 550 million - that would make 'em 9.3 a pop
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