cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/66218437
B-52 crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday at Edwards air force base in California’s Mojave Desert, officials say
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/15/b52-bomber-crash-california-military-base
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$84 million unit price based on 2012 dollars, adjusted for inflation, means this was a $124,320,000 incident before considering cost of cleanup, cost of lost ordnance, and life insurance policies for the crews
And before considering that these haven’t been built new for many decades and can’t simply be replaced.
The newest b52 came off the assembly line in October 1962
0.00015x the annual military budget.
If this happened every single day for a year it would still sum up to just 5% of the military budget.