1. Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, known as the Stealth Bomber, can launch conventional and nuclear weapons against the most heavily protected enemy lines in the world due to its ability to evade radar detection. Originally it was planned to be produced in an edition of 132, but it was so expensive that the original 1987 contract was cut to 21.
The cost of the B-2 program in 1997 was $ 737,000,000, or just over $ 1 billion today. Combined with the purchase, the B-2 Spirit costs more than $ 2 billion. The vessel was first used during the Kosovo war in 1999, and has been used successfully in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are also used during the 2011 Libyan uprising, says the BBC.
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
No other country on Earth has a defense budget larger than the United States. According to the Ministry of Defence, the base budget for fiscal year 2010 is over $ 500 billion, with another 130 billion U.S. dollars in the war on terrorism to strengthen and another $ 33 billion in additional spending on top of that. And that's not to speak of Homeland Security or servicing nuclear arsenal.
Much of this money is spent on planes, tanks and ships, all of which are top - of - line and represent the furthest advances in military technology. In other words, they are expensive.
2. Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is a versatile device with vertical takeoff and landing similar to that of a helicopter. However, it is much faster than existing chopper and it can fly at speeds as high as that of conventional turboprop aircraft. It was first used to fight Iraq in 2007, and the Marine Corps plans to use them in Afghanistan in late 2011. Unfortunately, the Osprey was plagued by a series of accidents during the design and testing phase between 1991 and 2000, and during that period the aircraft was involved in several accidents that caused thirty deaths. Since 2008, the Osprey program costs $ 27 billion, and from 2010, each unit has cost $ 67 million.
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
3. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
Named after the Second World War veteran and former president of the United States, George HW Bush, the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77) is the latest super carrier Nimitz to be produced for the U.S. Navy. It was commissioned in 2001 and built by Northrop Grumman for a $ 6.2 billion.
The carrier was completed in 2009 and is moored in Virginia. At almost 1100 meters in length, is one of the largest warships in the world. Top speed is over 30 knots, which she achieved with the help of two nuclear reactors on board. This power is capable of keeping the ship more than twenty years without ever having to refuel.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
4. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The F-35 Lightning II was developed as part of a joint program between the U.S., UK and other allies known as the Joint Strike Fighter program. It was developed for use in air, soil and reconnaissance, it has a wingspan of 35 meters and a length of more than 51 meters. Its internal fuel capacity is over 18,000 pounds and can reach speeds of 1,200 miles per hour.
The F-35 Lightning II is armed with a 4-loops Gatling gun and eight types of missiles, and if all else fails, it also has a B61 nuclear bomb. The cost is $ 122 million a plane. The U.S. plans to buy more than 2,000 units, at a cost of 323 billion U.S. dollars. If this deal was cut in 2001, Lockheed Martin was the recipient of the largest military contract in history.
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
5. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
The F/A-18 Hornet was introduced by McDonnell Douglas and produced by Boeing, which acquired the company in 1997. After making this maiden voyage in 1978, was introduced in 1983 and since then, it has been used in a variety of capacities. It was used in Operation Desert Storm, and it is recommended that aircraft of the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron. However, the primary functions are reconnaissance and air support.
The Hornet reaches a maximum speed of 1190 miles per hour, and it can climb to 50,000 meters in one minute. Outside the U.S., the fighter used by the armed forces of countries like Australia, Canada and Switzerland, and has appeared in the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day as the plane used to defeat the alien threat. A 2006 report by the U.S. Navy estimated that the cost of a unit is $ 57 million.
McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet
6. Boeing EA-18G Growler
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based fighter used for electronic warfare. It can jam radar and disrupt an enemy communication system with electromagnetic radiation and directed energy weapons. Because its use as an electronic warfare fighter, he carries no weapons, but it carries missiles for self defense.
The Growler is a modified version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and it is relatively new, but went into production in 2007 and only began operating in September 2009. The plane has a wingspan of over 44 meters and a length of more than 60 meters. According to the U.S. Navy, it costs $ 67 million to manufacture a single unit.
Boeing EA-18G Growler
7. Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle had his fifteen minutes of fame When 2008 presidential candidate John McCain said the amphibious assault vehicle as the basis for an expensive program that was a waste of taxpayers billions of dollars. Developed for the U.S. Marine Corps, is deployed at sea and carries a full Marine rifle squad to shore, it will work on the land with the full capabilities of a tank.
The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle produced by General Dynamics, and the cost for each unit is more than $ 22 million. To date, the program, which is expected to be completed in 2015, has a project cost of $ 15 billion, $ 3 billion that has already been issued. The Bowles-Simpson Commission recommended that the program be canceled, and the Secretary of Defense Gates said in January 2011 that he believes the program should end.
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
8. Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft is one that dates from the year 1960. It has been upgraded to the E-2B and 2C-E models as advances were made to the radar and communications capabilities, but the latest model, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the most sophisticated yet. It features a new radar system that triples the vessel is able to control the territory.
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, his first flight in 2007, cost 232 million U.S. dollars to produce. It features a brand new electronic suite, complete with satellite communication capabilities, and the possibility of midair refueling. According Northrup Grumman, the aircraft began supplying the U.S. Navy in 2010.
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
9. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The C17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft in operation since 1993. The plane, which is more than 100 paratroopers in a war zone drop at one time was used to move troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is also used to deliver humanitarian aid and medical evacuations to be carried out.
The price for a unit is $ 191 million. McDonnell Douglas has developed in the year 1980 for the strategic and tactical airlift, and is used by the armies of the U. K. and Canada and by NATO. Both the UAE and India are planning to travel by air as well.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
10. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
According to the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, the F-22 Raptor is the best fighters on earth. While this may seem tantamount your son is brilliant, a look at the capabilities of the aircraft actually bears the Declaration. It can break the sound barrier, can avoid detection by radar and can shoot missiles.
Unfortunately, an Air Force budget documents estimate that a unit cost 150 million U.S. dollars, with a total program cost of $ 65 billion. The high price inspired the Ministry of Defence to call for the end of the program in 2009. The Senate voted to end up in July of that year, and when the military policy bill was signed into law three months later, the funding for the further production of the F-22 had been cut.
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, known as the Stealth Bomber, can launch conventional and nuclear weapons against the most heavily protected enemy lines in the world due to its ability to evade radar detection. Originally it was planned to be produced in an edition of 132, but it was so expensive that the original 1987 contract was cut to 21.
The cost of the B-2 program in 1997 was $ 737,000,000, or just over $ 1 billion today. Combined with the purchase, the B-2 Spirit costs more than $ 2 billion. The vessel was first used during the Kosovo war in 1999, and has been used successfully in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are also used during the 2011 Libyan uprising, says the BBC.
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
No other country on Earth has a defense budget larger than the United States. According to the Ministry of Defence, the base budget for fiscal year 2010 is over $ 500 billion, with another 130 billion U.S. dollars in the war on terrorism to strengthen and another $ 33 billion in additional spending on top of that. And that's not to speak of Homeland Security or servicing nuclear arsenal.
Much of this money is spent on planes, tanks and ships, all of which are top - of - line and represent the furthest advances in military technology. In other words, they are expensive.
2. Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is a versatile device with vertical takeoff and landing similar to that of a helicopter. However, it is much faster than existing chopper and it can fly at speeds as high as that of conventional turboprop aircraft. It was first used to fight Iraq in 2007, and the Marine Corps plans to use them in Afghanistan in late 2011. Unfortunately, the Osprey was plagued by a series of accidents during the design and testing phase between 1991 and 2000, and during that period the aircraft was involved in several accidents that caused thirty deaths. Since 2008, the Osprey program costs $ 27 billion, and from 2010, each unit has cost $ 67 million.
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey
3. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
Named after the Second World War veteran and former president of the United States, George HW Bush, the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77) is the latest super carrier Nimitz to be produced for the U.S. Navy. It was commissioned in 2001 and built by Northrop Grumman for a $ 6.2 billion.
The carrier was completed in 2009 and is moored in Virginia. At almost 1100 meters in length, is one of the largest warships in the world. Top speed is over 30 knots, which she achieved with the help of two nuclear reactors on board. This power is capable of keeping the ship more than twenty years without ever having to refuel.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
4. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The F-35 Lightning II was developed as part of a joint program between the U.S., UK and other allies known as the Joint Strike Fighter program. It was developed for use in air, soil and reconnaissance, it has a wingspan of 35 meters and a length of more than 51 meters. Its internal fuel capacity is over 18,000 pounds and can reach speeds of 1,200 miles per hour.
The F-35 Lightning II is armed with a 4-loops Gatling gun and eight types of missiles, and if all else fails, it also has a B61 nuclear bomb. The cost is $ 122 million a plane. The U.S. plans to buy more than 2,000 units, at a cost of 323 billion U.S. dollars. If this deal was cut in 2001, Lockheed Martin was the recipient of the largest military contract in history.
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
5. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
The F/A-18 Hornet was introduced by McDonnell Douglas and produced by Boeing, which acquired the company in 1997. After making this maiden voyage in 1978, was introduced in 1983 and since then, it has been used in a variety of capacities. It was used in Operation Desert Storm, and it is recommended that aircraft of the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron. However, the primary functions are reconnaissance and air support.
The Hornet reaches a maximum speed of 1190 miles per hour, and it can climb to 50,000 meters in one minute. Outside the U.S., the fighter used by the armed forces of countries like Australia, Canada and Switzerland, and has appeared in the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day as the plane used to defeat the alien threat. A 2006 report by the U.S. Navy estimated that the cost of a unit is $ 57 million.
McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet
6. Boeing EA-18G Growler
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based fighter used for electronic warfare. It can jam radar and disrupt an enemy communication system with electromagnetic radiation and directed energy weapons. Because its use as an electronic warfare fighter, he carries no weapons, but it carries missiles for self defense.
The Growler is a modified version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and it is relatively new, but went into production in 2007 and only began operating in September 2009. The plane has a wingspan of over 44 meters and a length of more than 60 meters. According to the U.S. Navy, it costs $ 67 million to manufacture a single unit.
Boeing EA-18G Growler
7. Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle had his fifteen minutes of fame When 2008 presidential candidate John McCain said the amphibious assault vehicle as the basis for an expensive program that was a waste of taxpayers billions of dollars. Developed for the U.S. Marine Corps, is deployed at sea and carries a full Marine rifle squad to shore, it will work on the land with the full capabilities of a tank.
The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle produced by General Dynamics, and the cost for each unit is more than $ 22 million. To date, the program, which is expected to be completed in 2015, has a project cost of $ 15 billion, $ 3 billion that has already been issued. The Bowles-Simpson Commission recommended that the program be canceled, and the Secretary of Defense Gates said in January 2011 that he believes the program should end.
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
8. Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft is one that dates from the year 1960. It has been upgraded to the E-2B and 2C-E models as advances were made to the radar and communications capabilities, but the latest model, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the most sophisticated yet. It features a new radar system that triples the vessel is able to control the territory.
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, his first flight in 2007, cost 232 million U.S. dollars to produce. It features a brand new electronic suite, complete with satellite communication capabilities, and the possibility of midair refueling. According Northrup Grumman, the aircraft began supplying the U.S. Navy in 2010.
Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
9. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The C17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft in operation since 1993. The plane, which is more than 100 paratroopers in a war zone drop at one time was used to move troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is also used to deliver humanitarian aid and medical evacuations to be carried out.
The price for a unit is $ 191 million. McDonnell Douglas has developed in the year 1980 for the strategic and tactical airlift, and is used by the armies of the U. K. and Canada and by NATO. Both the UAE and India are planning to travel by air as well.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
10. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
According to the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, the F-22 Raptor is the best fighters on earth. While this may seem tantamount your son is brilliant, a look at the capabilities of the aircraft actually bears the Declaration. It can break the sound barrier, can avoid detection by radar and can shoot missiles.
Unfortunately, an Air Force budget documents estimate that a unit cost 150 million U.S. dollars, with a total program cost of $ 65 billion. The high price inspired the Ministry of Defence to call for the end of the program in 2009. The Senate voted to end up in July of that year, and when the military policy bill was signed into law three months later, the funding for the further production of the F-22 had been cut.
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
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