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Rich and Corporations

Posted: Jun 6 2012, 05:59 PM

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V1 had "point it towards London" guidance and a crappy 1st gen jet engine giving it 1/3 the range (and how do you know what a V1 would cost today anyway?).

Convert reichsmarks to dollars (it was pegged at 2.5 pre-pearl), inflation adjust it. It would be roughly accurate.

Radar is lower resolution, and is comparable to the $3000 models on civilian aircraft. This isn't precision. How much would scaling up an airframe and engine cost anyway?

I see. X-jet too pricey.

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RandC is right

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Take that, r&c.

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Scratch that, this thread went /DOWNHILL/ after RnC stop posting in it

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Praetonia

Posted: Jun 6 2012, 10:40 PM

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QUOTE (Rich and Corporations @ Jun 6 2012, 04:59 PM)

Convert reichsmarks to dollars (it was pegged at 2.5 pre-pearl), inflation adjust it. It would be roughly accurate.

Inflation is averaged over all products. Computers are vastly cheaper than in 1945, steel plate less so. I don't doubt that a V1 would be cheaper than a tomahawk but I do not know what it would cost.

nb - you haven't made a V1, you've made a bigger tomahawk.

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Radar is lower resolution, and is comparable to the $3000 models on civilian aircraft. This isn't precision. How much would scaling up an airframe and engine cost anyway?

"The missile has a CEP75 rating of 40 meters and can be programmed to fly through a ten meter window along a predesignated route."

It's only a bit worse than the tomahawk, maybe not even that because you're using a stricter definition of CEP. The cost is not just the radar modules, but the computer system that processes the data. It's dangerous to estimate costs based on components. The silicon content of your computer is worth almost nothing, but that doesn't represent the final price.

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I see. X-jet too pricey.

PDE is a "future" propulsion system. Pulsejet is different, and requires you to cut the range.

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Hurtful Thoughts	Posted: Jun 7 2012, 01:37 AM
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Posted: Jun 7 2012, 02:39 AM

You have way too much time on your hands ...

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Radar is lower resolution, and is comparable to the $3000 models on civilian aircraft. This isn't precision. How much would scaling up an airframe and engine cost anyway?

You mean weather radar?

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Izistan

Posted: Jun 7 2012, 08:07 AM

You have way too much time on your hands ...

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http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/a...ble-weapon.html

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@RatedRsupeRme actually its fosforus technology fosforus when it melts through anything like shooting through paper its used in at4hs ammo now and it basically has a delayed ignition an is like a volcano erupting and spewing melting white hot fosforus tottaly melting anyone in its way so ur really behind on military tech

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<+medicus> i heard
<+medicus> you'd never hear me say this
<+medicus> but thank god for israel and the united states

Praetonia

Posted: Jun 7 2012, 10:58 AM

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QUOTE (Izistan @ Jun 7 2012, 07:07 AM)

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/a...ble-weapon.html

Since it's the second time it's been posted -

This missile is in a dramatically different class to tomahawk, despite looking outwardly similar. It is only 1/5 the mass, and carries a proportionally smaller warhead.

No cost is actually stated on the website, but newspaper article on wiki says 'less than $100k', which is a 5-10x saving. Any difference comes from using turbojet rather than turbofan, and ditching TERCOM.

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