Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-08 20:13:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 41F86CD0EA9F6A0798A26452A90B3B70DA8FF4ADFDF3DB59C8A09546A5A5057A
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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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