US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new supercarrier

Re:US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new sup... by robinj6 on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:59PM (#27587842)

Any idea of the budget for a test like this?

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Re:US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new sup... by dmurray on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:04AM (#27588488)

A carrier group costs around $7 million per day including upfront investment and operating costs [0]. Military high explosive costs around $100/kg, or $2m for a bomb this size. [1]

So, somewhat surprisingly to me, this operation was not just a rounding error in the daily budget.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140813034340/http://www.cnas.o...

[1] https://newatlas.com/cl-20-high-power-military-explosive/240...

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Re:US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive to test its new sup... by barsonme on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:07AM (#27588179)

I think when you’re doing things on an aircraft-carrier scale the budget is usually, “yes.”

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