Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-11 05:15:20 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0799E62979F0E3757A30F8A5BDBEF72D7FD2B16E6A63A3EC50C675E550694F95
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Original Note:
Headline is misleading. It didn’t cost $2B for this single flight exercise of 8 planes. The $2B is how much each bomber cost when you include R&D into the sticker price. https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber/index.html The flight cost of each B2 is $163k so still an expensive exercise to conduct, but not $2B expensive. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/pay-price-americas-unstoppable-b-2-stealth-bomber-did-not-come-cheap-199018
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