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2008-08-25 Science & Technology

Army buys more accurate artillery shells

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-25 02:56|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 $90k/round? Ack! I'm in the wrong line of work.

Posted by gorb 2008-08-25 08:39|| 2008-08-25 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem with those expensive rounds is that in case of real combat where an enemy is throwing hundreds, maybe thousands of targets at you, ammunition runs out quickly because you only have, say a few dozen of the fancy rounds where you could have had thousands of the dumb ones at the same cost.

If we configure our forces for this kind of thing, we would be in a world of hurt against a Russia in Europe scenario.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-08-25 17:33|| 2008-08-25 17:33|| Front Page Top

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