Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[BFR]

drkohler said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Also, a rocket that can reach space, even launched from a high speed high-flying plane, doesn't come for anywhere near that cheap

????

Where do you think your nuke comes from? From the same place the rockets come from.

Read all about Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative and where things come from. Again, rockets cost a tiny fraction of a nuke. This is really just rehashed stuff from 1983, and we even don't know where SDI stands now and in the future.

"Again, rockets cost a tiny fraction of a nuke."

You are dead wrong.  It all depends upon the size of the rocket and the size of the nuke.

For example, a US Delta 4 Heavy rocket costs $300m easily, an Atlas 5 costs $165m, a Falcon 9 costs $80m.

Yes, an ICBM or SLBM costs more than those rockets, but a backpack (small) nuke costs a fraction of them.

Last edited by BFR - on 15 February 2024