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B-2 Spirit – Each Cost Over $730 Million
Then there are these guys: “littoral” ships that were specifically designed to fight the threat of terrorism, insurgency, and local civil wars in the 21stcentury. The Austal USA Independence Class Littoral Frigates (“Littoral” means the shore) are designed to get close to land and get small, elite numbers of troops, planes, tanks, and equipment into the fight fast. They’re also designed with a whopping price tag of $704 million for the first one ever built and over $350 million for each succeeding one. We currently have four ships active with seven more being built and two yet to be started. They only carry a crew of 40, but they can turn your world upside down with their combat power. They began production on these ships in 2010 and are going full speed ahead (as the saying goes) to complete all of them. Oh yeah… they also have a big-ass Navy helicopter and two small unmanned choppers attached to each ship.
