Why are cruise missiles so incredibly expensive?

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

Sailboat

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Thanks, Sailboat. No worries.

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—twitch—

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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.