"macanamera" (macanamera)
12/30/2014 at 12:08 • Filed to: None
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"macanamera" (macanamera)
12/30/2014 at 12:08 • Filed to: None | 14
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Actually I don't know much about planes (how do they work, anyways?), so what we are going to talk about is how much the B2 Spirit cost. Gather round, folks, because this will probably interest you.
I have a ranking for the expensiveness of things, it goes something like this:
1. Cheap.
2. Not cheap.
3. Expensive.
4. Really Expensive.
5. Stupidly expensive.
6. I don't believe you.
7. Come on, really?
8. There cannot possibly be things that cost this much money.
9. lol wut.
10. B-2 Spirit
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In 1997, the final cost for the B-2 Spirit was 2.1 billion dollars and adjusted to 2015, that's a hair over 3 billion dollars. Now, you are probably thinking, "Wow, the program cost 3 billion dollars?!" but no, each plane cost 3 billion dollars. Each. plane. cost. 3. billion. dollars.
Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, cost 1.5 billion dollars. The Pentagon cost 1.33 billion in today's dollars. There are 30 countries on earth that have a yearly GDP that is less than the cost of one B-2 Spirit.
The B-2 Spirit weighs about 158,000 pounds. Today's gold price is about 1200/ ounce, meaning a pound of gold costs about 19000 dollars. 19000 x 158,000 = 3 billion. The B-2 Spirit literally costs its weight in pure gold. 158,000 pounds of pure 24 karat gold.
3 billion dollars in 100 dollar bills weighs about 66,138 pounds. In Oppo terms, that means you would need nine Dodge Ram 3500 diesel pickups filled to maximum payload with 100 dollar bills. That's how much one plane cost. We have 20 of these planes. (There were 21, but one crashed).
America.
* The information in this post was briefly fact checked on Wikipedia and as such is 100% correct.
Dusty Ventures
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:13 |
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It gets worse. Each flight hour requires 119 maintenance hours in return, and as a result it costs $130,000 per hour to fly the thing.
HammerheadFistpunch
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:13 |
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the B-2 PROGRAM cost 44 billion. That they didn't order more airframes to bring the unit cost is another matter.
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macanamera
> Dusty Ventures
12/30/2014 at 12:15 |
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If you counted one $100 bill per second, it would take just under a year to count out the cost of a single B-2 Spirit.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2014 at 12:16 |
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I for one feel I should complain we aren't filling the skies with ominous bat-shaped black death triangles.
uofime
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:16 |
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opulence, America has it
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macanamera
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2014 at 12:17 |
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Well that's all well and good, but at the end of the day, it cost 44 billion (in 1997 dollars) and we got 21 planes. How many we could have/ should have made is another discussion, but as it stands they cost 2.1 billion each, in 1997 money.
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macanamera
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:18 |
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B-2 Death Triangle sounds so much better...
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HammerheadFistpunch
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:19 |
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but is that the planes fault? or penny wise pound foolish congress? Think about the money wasted on programs that were outright canceled, at least we got 21 planes out of it.
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Dusty Ventures
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:20 |
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EDIT: Dusty cannot into maths
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:20 |
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I also feel we should have named each plane like a British dreadnought, only even campier. The Menace, the Ominous, the Forbode, the Portent, etc.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:21 |
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"The ebony fighter awakens, dabbled with the dewy beads of morn. It is a Mach-5 child, forever bound to suckle from the shriveled breast of Congress."
DoYouEvenShift
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:22 |
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There were 21 but one crashed.
Thanks alot Travolta!
Gamecat235
> Dusty Ventures
12/30/2014 at 12:23 |
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31,536,000 seconds in a year, right?
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macanamera
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:23 |
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Ugh, so many missed opportunities! That would have been so cool...
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Dusty Ventures
> Gamecat235
12/30/2014 at 12:25 |
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That's what I came up with
ACESandEIGHTS
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:25 |
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Two things:
1) While an appendage of a defense contractor, my cubicle mate frequently updated Wikipedia with sensitive or classified information regarding the makeup of different international fighting forces. So there's Wikipedia: it could be filled with really accurate state-of-the-art information but then it's also probably just been edited by some 25-year-old schmo.
2) Here's where the Marx rolls in. The cost of this thing far exceeds its value. Or does it? Nobody will ever stealth bomb us before we stealth bomb their ass first. That could be worth a fleet of $3 billion planes.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:25 |
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"Dear America's Enemies: Yes - We *Are* Pretty Much Just Fucking With You At This Point."
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Gamecat235
> Dusty Ventures
12/30/2014 at 12:27 |
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Well then if only counting $10 bills (what are you, some sort of common serf?) we'll only get to $315,360,000 in a year. Clearly this number is lacking, we need an extra zero! This is where the C-Note / Benjamin comes into play.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> DoYouEvenShift
12/30/2014 at 12:28 |
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Wow, it's been years since I've seen Broken Arrow. Nice.
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Dusty Ventures
> Gamecat235
12/30/2014 at 12:31 |
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Ugh. I can't math today.
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macanamera
> DoYouEvenShift
12/30/2014 at 12:32 |
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Broken Arrow ftw, a true classic
PushToStart
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:33 |
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If I had the knowlege, time, and materials, I would make a gif of Uncle Sam making it rain B-2 Spirits/billion dollar bills.
Mercedes Streeter
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:50 |
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Awesome post!!! Only America... :)
One issue. You're going to need some more "firepower" if you aim to take down the Blackbird post. ;)
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macanamera
> Mercedes Streeter
12/30/2014 at 12:52 |
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Oh that won't ever happen. I just wanted to put how much these things cost out there, that's all.
All hail the blackbird post.
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Gamecat235
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 12:54 |
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"Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?"
Coachrotte33
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 13:00 |
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Each pilot should be allowed to call himself Batman at will
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 13:05 |
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Yet, if Bill Gates wanted to, he could have at least one B-2 for every day of the week.
So ha.
Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 13:53 |
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Wat is fluid mechanics?
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 14:08 |
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I assume they are the people that fix soda machines.
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 14:10 |
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This is exactly what it is.
And explains why neither of us knows how airplanes work
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 14:10 |
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the pay isn't great but they never go thirsty
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 14:31 |
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And they're always SUPER amped up from all dat Mountain Dew
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 17:42 |
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Unrelated: I think I want a Manuél F Type Coupe. I might even consider trading the Carrera in for one.
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 18:03 |
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There is no Manuel F Type coupe yet! Is there???
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 18:06 |
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Correct. But Jaaaaaaag apparently committed to bringing us a Manuél F Type Coupe SOON
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 18:59 |
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I'll believe it when I see it...
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 19:19 |
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True ._. Hmm. What about the:
BMW M4 Manuél?
I'm not into turbos
But the M4 is dead sexy
And the stiff ass C2 is hurting my booze ravaged kidneys
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 21:06 |
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lol the C2 ain't stiff, first of all, and secondly the M3 is better than the M4 because the fenders are so flared out...it looks awesome. The M4 has the same fenders as the 4 series I think.
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/30/2014 at 21:10 |
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Bro I'm getting old. C2 is stiff to my shitty 35 year old body
I had not noticed the fender difference. Off to the Internet to check!
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macanamera
> Manuél Ferrari
12/30/2014 at 21:31 |
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bro you are not old
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Manuél Ferrari
> macanamera
12/31/2014 at 01:38 |
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I'm like Kobe. Been working since 17. A lot of minutes on this body, haha