Consider the cost of an armored Mercedes S-Class — that’s for protection against small arms fire on paved roads. This needs to protect against heavier weapons and explosives while climbing stairs and fjording streams. The price seems pretty reasonable to me.

It’s expensive, sure. Could it have been produced for less, probably. But, think about all of the people the manufacturer employs. Think about all of the employees the suppliers have. Like it or not, the defense sector does create jobs and is probably one of the last American business sectors that still maintain a…

The New Horizons program cost close to a billion dollars. If you’re going to slink in here and grouse, at least get your decimal points in the right places.

It’s been getting increasingly expensive as they keep adding capabilities. We went from vheicles that weren’t really significantly different than civilian vehicles (not sure what the cost on those would be, but it looks like a modern Jeep J8 costs somewhere around $60,000). We went to Humvee which was somewhere around…

How do you get dust in a sealed tube that’s under water?

Its in the shape of a torpedo to make it easier to launch from a submarine by using the torpedo bays.

I feel like this was an elabourate rouse by the Chinese government to show the population “they” are under “constant attack” by the “foreigners”. Otherwise, why would you admit to knowing its purpose and that they’re on alert?