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Michael Thayne · 10-14-2018, 09:56 PM

I was sick this weekend, so I was a bit slow to tackle this. Weby, not sure I follow your math for missile costs? A 16cm missile weighs 1/15th of a ton, and missiles costs $1M/ton, so a conventional 16cm missile costs ~$67K. A nuclear warhead adds $50K, so that's $117K per missile. So 2,716 missiles should cost ~$317M. I also don't think you have the cost for the missile launchers right—unless this has been errata'd, SM+4 major batteries cost $100K. (Yes, this breaks the usual rule for pricing SM+4 systems for no apparent reason.)

10-14-2018, 09:56 PM	#17
Michael Thayne Join Date: May 2010	Re: [Spaceships] Designing the best possible fleet on a billion-dollar budget I was sick this weekend, so I was a bit slow to tackle this. Weby, not sure I follow your math for missile costs? A 16cm missile weighs 1/15th of a ton, and missiles costs $1M/ton, so a conventional 16cm missile costs ~$67K. A nuclear warhead adds $50K, so that's $117K per missile. So 2,716 missiles should cost ~$317M. I also don't think you have the cost for the missile launchers right—unless this has been errata'd, SM+4 major batteries cost $100K. (Yes, this breaks the usual rule for pricing SM+4 systems for no apparent reason.)