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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9647)	11/11/2001 12:45:19 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "But I completely abhor the concept of expending a $25,000-50,000 laser guided bomb to knock out a mere truck, as depicted here at Raytheon's website:" War is supposed to be incredibly expensive. It always has been, and it always will be (I hope; cheap war would be horrible). I would think that the PGMs are a bargain. What's the figure for casualties per round of rifle ammunition fired? I don't have a good sources, but I recall that it was supposed to be 200,000 rounds per casualty. If so, that would put a $25~$50,000 PGM at a bargain price for destroying a truck, it's driver, his assistant, and maybe the squad or two sitting in back, or at the very least leaving a bunch of guys in the lurch for resupply. -- Carl

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