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Dante80

Dante80

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bsdnf said:
$35 million to $40 million → Less than $1.5 million

24 missiles per year → 1,000 missiles per year

HOW?
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I'm not certain if this apples to it, but the general rule is that the more you make of something, the less each individual items costs, since you fold the R&D and fixed costs into more units.
 
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The seven-year contract, awarded by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, will quadruple the interceptors’ production, according to a
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, in a time when U.S. lawmakers are
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for an increase in munitions procurement.
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The contract moves forward the
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between the Defense Department and Lockheed Martin, accelerating the number of THAAD interceptors from 96 to 400 per year, roughly a fourfold increase.

In support of ramped-up production, the company broke ground on a new Munitions Production Center in Troy, Alabama, in March as well as a new Munitions Acceleration Center in Camden, Arkansas, in January as part of a $9 million investment through 2030 for weapons facilities across the country.
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This is a big increase in production and part of a larger number of "framework" deals that were announced earlier in the year. If all of them are acted on, various types of US munitions will see large increases in yearly production.
 
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