Yes, I wasn't sure about that $970 pricetag. Shell + powder bags? Or just the big bullet, with propellant extra? I don't know...
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Meanwhile, that brings up the need to calculate the "fully burdened" cost of something, in which you must add in the storage, transport from final assembly site to the pier, then handling charges to load and ca…
Yes, I wasn't sure about that $970 pricetag. Shell + powder bags? Or just the big bullet, with propellant extra? I don't know...
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Meanwhile, that brings up the need to calculate the "fully burdened" cost of something, in which you must add in the storage, transport from final assembly site to the pier, then handling charges to load and carry. Or compound the FB-cost with shipping the shells to an overseas depot.
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Much the same as, say, modern "fully burdened cost of fuel" (FBCF), as we dealt with recently in Iraq or Afghanistan. Buy the fuel at some bulk price at the refinery or storage terminal. Ship it to a remote base somewhere. Then, say, load it into a tanker plane like KC-135. Then fly it (using more fuel, of course) into a tanker orbit, and then drill long, U-shaped patterns in the sky. And finally deliver it to a thirsty airplane. Yikes... You get numbers like $75/gallon and more.
Yes, I wasn't sure about that $970 pricetag. Shell + powder bags? Or just the big bullet, with propellant extra? I don't know...
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Meanwhile, that brings up the need to calculate the "fully burdened" cost of something, in which you must add in the storage, transport from final assembly site to the pier, then handling charges to load and carry. Or compound the FB-cost with shipping the shells to an overseas depot.
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Much the same as, say, modern "fully burdened cost of fuel" (FBCF), as we dealt with recently in Iraq or Afghanistan. Buy the fuel at some bulk price at the refinery or storage terminal. Ship it to a remote base somewhere. Then, say, load it into a tanker plane like KC-135. Then fly it (using more fuel, of course) into a tanker orbit, and then drill long, U-shaped patterns in the sky. And finally deliver it to a thirsty airplane. Yikes... You get numbers like $75/gallon and more.
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Per Sun Tzu, "Wars cost much silver."
relax, DOD is promising electric tanks and planes that are carbon neutral
Solar will be great! Umm, they are not planning on fighting at night, are they?
I'm remembering stories from Desert Storm of how many thousands of gallons of fuel were choppered in to FARPs to keep the fast paced advance moving.
How many electrons (in batteries) can an electric helicopter lift to a Forward Arming & Recharging Point?
Can a tank battalion recharge fast enough to sustain a 'lightning' offensive?
When it comes to logistics, there is usually a lot of, "We'll figure that part out later."
apparently electric tanks will save lives by eliminating that big log tail of fuel trucks