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To: Donaldm who wrote (33103)	12/18/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Platter	Respond to of 95453

This sector is just itching to move up!...Oil down all morning , has recovered a bit , but still down at 10.96....but look at the OSX..now up after being down...even RON up $1.00...there is a lot of pent up demand and Buyers just wating to dive in!!!

To: Donaldm who wrote (33103)	12/18/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: gmccon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

I have no source (URL or news report) for the costs I stated. News reports for years now have described the base cost of a bare-bones cruise missle at $1million. To launch 2 or 3 hundred of them a day, with support, etc., is easily $1billion a day on my calculator. B-52 sorties for 15 aircraft, Diego Garcia-Bagdad and return, with 8 each of the larger (2,000 lb) cruise missles is substantially more than $1million each. Also, in 1991, they offically announced that the cost of Desert Storm was $1billion a day (and bragged that Japan and Europe were reembersing the US for costs). Now add inflation and adjust accordingly. How much does it cost to float 2 complete aircraft carrier battle groups at "condition red"? With Russia recalling its ambassador and putting its military on alert, what do you think that does to our basic costs for security at home? I'm just curious. Is it your position that this is money well spent?