Tips:
- GAU-8/A bullets estimated at $5/round, based loosely though conservatively on press releases about helicopter 30mm.
- Mk 77 napalm cannisters cost ~$366. (Extrapolating from comparable Korean War bombs. Modern prices are not public.)
- AGM-65's unit cost ranges from $17,000-$152,000 depending on tracking. Assuming a $122,230 model from 1986.
- CBU-52 cluster bombs are $2,640 ($1,542 in 1990). International treaty bans their use. The US refuses to sign that ban.
- Mk84's cost $3,100. Guidance modifications are very expensive: the GBU-10 variant costs $25,294 each.
- A-10s were priced in 1994 by the US government at $11.8 million each. Accounting for inflation: $17.5 million.
- 10,700 lbs of fuel,
jet fuel weighs 6.8 lbs/gallon (1,574 gallons),
jet fuel costs ~4.75/gallon ($7,476.5 per refuel),
range of 800 miles ($9.35/mile), operating costs of a plane are estimated at 3-4 times the fuel cost ($32.73/mile),
flies between 140-440 mph ($4,582 to $14,401 per hour), estimated cost of operation $1.25 to $4 per second.
I don't like real warfare.
I don't like burning tax money.
I don't like high explosives.
I don't like burning people alive.
Thankfully, this isn't any of that.
This is not a game. It's a reminder.
I don't like burning tax money.
I don't like high explosives.
I don't like burning people alive.
Thankfully, this isn't any of that.
This is not a game. It's a reminder.