Javelins cost 100x more than the T72 they destroy. How much money are we wasting in Ukraine?

[Toddsterpatriot]

Amortized 50 years later and they are worth much less.

There is no amortization in communism.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Lol you fucking retards are getting dumber.

You realize they have some 10,000 more cold war Era tanks to throw away right? Lololol

How many tank crews do you have to throw away? LOL!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Over a million

Link?

 

[bripat9643]

Dont think so....not seeing that number anywhere

Javelin anti-tank missile, symbol of Ukraine's resistance

 

[candycorn]

The tank is completely "free".

And so is your brain (from common sense).

 

[candycorn]

Of course what isn't talked about much is this... We armed the Vietcong in the 40's against the Japanese. What happened? We essentially armed Iraq against Iran in the 70's and early 80's...What happened? We armed the mujahadiem (sp?) against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Bin Laden was one of them. What happened? Now we're arming Ukrainians. What will happen?

Being in Europe, there is probably less likely a chance that you'll have some military strongman develop but ya never know.

 

[DGS49]

Depreciation of a tank is meaningless. Governments don't pay taxes. The COST is the replacement cost, which is at least US$5 million. At least.

 

[CowboyTed]

Over a million

Fucks sake your some idiot...
Whole Javelin unit costs $178k
Javelin missile costs $78k

So missile is $78k

Javelin anti-tank missile, symbol of Ukraine's resistance

Images of Ukrainian troops carrying Javelin missile launchers on their shoulders have flashed around the world, making the anti-tank weapon -- capable of piercing the most sophisticated armor, and particularly useful in guerrilla warfare -- a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Russina Tank (i.e. the ones they are making today cost)
T72 : $500k est... Second hand actually much higher..
T14 : $4m

 

[Chillicothe]

Cost of new T72; $ 1.2 million

Cost of New T80; $4.1 million

Cost of Javelin missile: $174,000

Cost of NLAW missile: $30,000.

1missile fired = 1Tank reduced to scrap

Scrap value of tank ; approximately $10,000 in scrap steel

Bargain.
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per a nano-search to Quora

 

[White 6]

Ukraine definitely isn't going to pay. So every dollar spent in Ukraine is a a dollar wasted against about $0.015 cents. Since Russia spends 80th on their weapons that we do.

A javelin, as an example, is worth 100x more per shot than a T82B3 tank.

Let that sink in.

That article is full of crap. A T-72 cost about $3 Million. If well maintained, just as deadly and effective as the day it rolled off the line. $200,000 to $250,000 take it out? Good investment!

 

[AZrailwhale]

The cost benefit ratio (even if those numbers are true) go way beyond those numbers. A dead tank may translate into saved lives and one’s other war materiel also saved.

A dead T-72 is also three very expensive trained crewmen.

 

[bripat9643]

Of course what isn't talked about much is this... We armed the Vietcong in the 40's against the Japanese. What happened? We essentially armed Iraq against Iran in the 70's and early 80's...What happened? We armed the mujahadiem (sp?) against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Bin Laden was one of them. What happened? Now we're arming Ukrainians. What will happen?

Being in Europe, there is probably less likely a chance that you'll have some military strongman develop but ya never know.

We did not arm Iraq. The Vietcong didn't exist until 1960, bonehead.

Viet Cong - Wikipedia​

​

North Vietnam established the National Liberation Front on December 20, 1960, at Tân Lập village in Tây Ninh Province to foment insurgency in the South.​

 

[BackAgain]

A dead T-72 is also three very expensive trained crewmen.

Yup. And in very debased terms, those also require that Putin loses more money.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

This is like saying body armor is too expensive to be justified because the enemy is sitting on stockpiles of musket balls. If Russia is really rolling out mothballed tanks from Soviet times, then that right there tells you something about the cost effectiveness of the javelins. It's pummeling Russia's army back to the stone age, forcing them to resort to obsolete weapons systems.

 

[AZrailwhale]

We did not arm Iraq. The Vietcong didn't exist until 1960, bonehead.

Viet Cong - Wikipedia​

​

North Vietnam established the National Liberation Front on December 20, 1960, at Tân Lập village in Tây Ninh Province to foment insurgency in the South.​

The Vietnam Minh were the irregular forces that fought both the Japanese and French. The US armed and equipped a lot of people who fought the Japanese.

 

[toobfreak]

How much money are we wasting in Ukraine?​

All of it. We don't owe Ukraine a thing and it is their war not ours to fight. They are entitled to nothing.

 

[AZrailwhale]

All of it. We don't owe Ukraine a thing and it is their war not ours to fight. They are entitled to nothing.

Perhaps, but it's a cheap way to cause problems for the Russians and keep them occupied doing something besides bothering us. I'm sure Biden has spent more flying unvaccinated illegal aliens all over the USA than he has given the Ukranians.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Ukraine definitely isn't going to pay. So every dollar spent in Ukraine is a a dollar wasted against about $0.015 cents. Since Russia spends 80th on their weapons that we do.

A javelin, as an example, is worth 100x more per shot than a T82B3 tank.

Let that sink in.

You're worried about the US wasting money on war? That's like worrying about a dog licking its own ass.

 

[toobfreak]

it's a cheap way to cause problems for the Russians

Really? After two years of Covid shutdowns with hundreds of thousands of businesses closed, innumerable life savings lost, our economy on the fringe facing 20% inflation and 30 trillion in debt after losing 100 billion in Afghanistan that we don't have anything more important to worry about than bugging Russia?

keep them occupied doing something besides bothering us.

Can't remember the last time Russia bothered me.

I'm sure Biden has spent more flying unvaccinated illegal aliens all over the USA than he has given the Ukranians.

THERE'S a warm thought!

 

[BackAgain]

Ukraine definitely isn't going to pay. So every dollar spent in Ukraine is a a dollar wasted against about $0.015 cents. Since Russia spends 80th on their weapons that we do.

A javelin, as an example, is worth 100x more per shot than a T82B3 tank.

Let that sink in.

Bullshit OP headline.

Manufactured by US weapons manufacturers Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, the Javelin costs $178,000, including the launch system and missile, according to the Pentagon's 2021 budget.

Each replacement missile costs around $78,000.

— According to The Economic Times —

Javelin anti-tank missile, symbol of Ukraine's resistance

Images of Ukrainian troops carrying Javelin missile launchers on their shoulders have flashed around the world, making the anti-tank weapon -- capable of piercing the most sophisticated armor, and particularly useful in guerrilla warfare -- a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion.

m.economictimes.com

if the initial price was rounded up to $200k, then according to the genius OP, the tanks only cost $2,000.00 each.