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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by JohnJamesRambo on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:42AM (#25603989)
Like what?
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by shi314 on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:50AM (#25604069)
There are plenty aircraft models like B-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor etc. that cost above $200 million.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by paulnechifor on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:20PM (#25604775)
The next Air Force One supposedly costs 4 billion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One#VC-25B .
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by ClumsyPilot on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:48AM (#25604051)
B2 spirit costs more than its weight in gold, clocking in at close to a billion
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by paulnechifor on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:24PM (#25604811)
3.17 billion in 2019 dollars, or 1.11 if you exclude the sunk costs.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by JohnJamesRambo on Saturday January 02, 2021 @02:53AM (#25611167)
That is absolutely incredible.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by baybal2 on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:46AM (#25604032)
Fighter jets, bombers, few missile systems, air defence systems, subs, and surface military ships... the list would be long.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by joejerryronnie on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:11PM (#25604693)
Do aircraft carriers count in this context? They’re reasonably expensive to produce.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by jmnicolas on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:44PM (#25605509)
> reasonably expensive

The USS Ford is said to cost around 13 billions. I wouldn't call that "reasonable" :)

https://usadefensenews.com/2020/11/13/meet-the-us-navys-13-b...

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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by joejerryronnie on Saturday January 02, 2021 @02:14PM (#25615496)
Haha, I know - I should have added a wink emoji after that statement.
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Re:EU Signs €145B Declaration to Develop Next Gen Processors... by mrep on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:26PM (#25605349)
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are being built at 13 billion a piece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_...
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