Bombs Adjusted for Inflation

Sorry, we can't afford it.

Someone sent Da-da a link to recently declassified pics of the first two atomic bombs, and Da-da got to wondering how much they cost.

The U.S. spent $20 Billion on the Manhattan Project, so those two atomic bombs cost $10B each. That's quite a lot of money for 1945. But how much would they cost in today's currency valuation?

Using an inflation calculator, it works out that those two bombs would cost $128B each today -- or $256B, total -- which is TWICE what Disney is currently worth!

We already knew war was stupid, esp. fake ones, but now perhaps we could all agree to stop paying for it, 'cause we clearly can't afford it.

$10 billion, $20 billion, $30 billion...

The One Where Da-da Dons His Education Hat and Pushes Over the Vending Machine of War

Freedom may not be free, but it could be a lot more cost-effective.
(Psst, real freedom really is free. Shhh.)

Someone forwarded Da-da an email about how amazing the gatling gun is on an A-10 Warthog. Sure, the thing fires 4200 30 mm rounds/minute. The 30 mm rounds are huge. And each round costs $65. Yay. But that one round is worth one dinner out for Da-da's whole family at a decent restaurant WITH a bit of alcohol. Or a week's groceries for basics. For each round. However, let's look at this expenditure a different way.

4200 rounds/minute x $65 = $273,000/minute. That's just to fire the gun for one sortie, a "sortie" being one combat flight mission for one plane and pilot.