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The cost of an M31 missile is estimated at $500,000, [66] though this may be the "export price", always higher than the amount charged to the U.S. Army. [67] According to the U.S. Army's budget, it will pay about $168,000 for each GMLRS in 2023.
M142 HIMARS launching a GMLRS rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in 2005. A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volley gun.
The missile carries the 500-pound (230 kg) WDU-18/B penetrating high explosive blast fragmentation warhead of the US Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missile, which was packaged into the newly designed WAU-23/B warhead section. Range: 70–300 km (43–186 mi). 176 M48 were produced between 2001 and 2004, when production ceased in favor of the M57.
For comparison purposes, the cost of a single M31 missile is estimated at $500,000, [16] though this may be the "export price", always higher than the amount charged to the U.S. Army. [31] According to the U.S. Army's budget, it will pay about $168,000 for each GMLRS in 2023.
Missile mass Payload Status First flight MIRV Mobility Accuracy 1 RS-28 Sarmat: Russia: State Rocket Center Makeyev: 18,000 km 208,100 kg [1] [2] 10,000 kg, [2] 10x 1 Mt Active 2018 Yes Silo: N/A 2 BZhRK Barguzin: Russia: Votkinsk: 12,600 km 45,000–50,000 kg N/A Inactive N/A Yes Railroad N/A 3 R-36M2 Voevoda [Note 1] USSR Yuzhny Machine ...
The US Air Force’s project to modernize its nuclear missile arsenal is projected to cost approximately $ ... estimated to be $140.9 billion — an 81% increase from the cost estimate made in ...
If it is, it sends a message to fire a guided missile to destroy the rocket. ... Each interceptor missile costs some $40,000 to $50,000. Some estimates put it as high as $100,000.
Beijing's most sophisticated anti-ship ballistic missile, the DF-27, which uses a hypersonic glide vehicle to maneuver to its target, was tested in 2023. The Pentagon's China military report that ...