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To: elmatador who wrote (2608)	6/21/2019 12:21:05 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	1 Recommendation Recommended By elmatador Respond to of 13798

Each jet-powered RQ-4 Global Hawk costs about $30 million, while the R&D cost another $6 billion. One jet engine on a commercial aircraft costs $12 million to $35 million, with a 737 costing $306 million. The surface-to-air missile needed to destroy the Malaysia Air Flight 17 killing all 285 on board cost a mere $250,000. This propeller driven General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper costs $16 million with similar R&D costs. The $30 million jet-powered Global Hawk Pilots in Florida and California fly the Reaper and Global Hawks from the ground upload.wikimedia.org