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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by LarryMullins on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:07PM (#34660440)
> So it probably cost >$1M to shoot it down?

Basically free, when you consider they were going to fly planes and shoot missiles anyway for practice.

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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by herewulf on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:56AM (#34662869)
Except the military has lots of different pots of money and lots of red tape about how they're spent. No guarantees the cost of this little escapade came out of a training fund.
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