tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post4054192726702228782..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): impossible war cost comparisonsgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-31035009286328545702017-08-27T01:15:29.067-04:002017-08-27T01:15:29.067-04:00BTW - Not sure if the original 15,000 total guards...BTW - Not sure if the original 15,000 total guards mentioned or a later quoted number of 19,000 is the correct number of Texas National Guards.Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-49106038408364629072017-08-27T01:10:37.262-04:002017-08-27T01:10:37.262-04:00A similar notion hit me when a retired general was...A similar notion hit me when a retired general was questioning why the Texas Govenor isn't sending more of Texas'' National Guard into the coastal area to assist with recovery from Hurricane Harvey. During the broadcast the numbers being thrown around was 800 of the approximately 15,000 guardsmen were being called into deal with Hurricane Harvey.<br /><br />For no particular reason I began answering the general with an array of possible costs starting with the cost of feeding the guards. As soon as I did so I began rejecting using those costs as valid reasons for not sending in more guardsmen. Then I began to think that the Texas Governor should be sending in about 65% of the 19,000 odd troops.<br /><br />Later in the day I found myself wondering again about Texan competence when I heard that NYS Governor Cuomo was send some 100 Air National Guard to Texas along with a couple of helicopters.Andy Shizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15215297395548845513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-51179079852584876982017-08-26T15:57:41.570-04:002017-08-26T15:57:41.570-04:00Thanks, Charlie. I got stuck in the same quagmire ...Thanks, Charlie. I got stuck in the same quagmire as I looked around but lacked your patience in the end.genkakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-5967377242000836822017-08-26T12:44:17.735-04:002017-08-26T12:44:17.735-04:00The the average strike cost during the past few mo...The the average strike cost during the past few months of operations in Syria and northern Iraq against the Islamic State is $2.5 million. This comes from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments report “Estimating the Cost of Operations Against ISIL.” Here's what it includes (these are all averages):<br /><br />Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, 75 percent of which is provided by UAVs<br />Most strikes are carried out by F-15s, F-16s, and F/A-18s, with the AV-8Bs, B-1s, and F-22s doing a little here and there. The strikers will carry three weapons and drop two.<br />Gas for strikers, ISR birds, and tankers<br />If the number of strikes increase very much, another carrier is going to be needed, which will up the cost by about $200,000 per strike<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2015/09/06/u_s_bombing_isis_in_syria_how_much_does_one_airstrike_cost.html<br /><br />Each Tomahawk missile, made by Raytheon Co. RTN, +0.02% likely cost $1 million, according to experts.<br /><br />The U.S. used 59 of them on a Syrian air base in response to the Syrian government’s chemical-weapons attack that killed scores of civilians earlier this week.<br /><br />http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-much-it-will-cost-to-replace-the-tomahawks-used-in-syria-2017-04-07<br /><br />https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syria-air-strikes-no-1.png<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com