# Why are cruise missiles so incredibly expensive?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721 "2005-12-02T14:18:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721/21 "2005-12-02T20:54:28Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> Kevbo pretty much covered it.

Started my post before OtakuLoki, but got called away. I see he’s covered some of the contract-cost issues as well. 🙂 Didn’t want to leave my post looking like I was correcting him or anything.

Sailboat

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### Author: ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721/22 "2005-12-02T20:58:59Z")

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Thanks, **Sailboat**. No worries.

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### Author: ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721/23 "2005-12-02T21:35:47Z")

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> [@Stranger On A Train](#):
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> **hone** in on the target

_—twitch—_

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### Author: ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cruise-missiles-so-incredibly-expensive/333721/24 "2005-12-02T21:39:38Z")

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Licensing the name from Tom Cruise adds a lot to the cost, I’ll bet. Same goes for the Tom-ahawk.

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