@calanbennett6817

Wow that's actually quite cheap compared to the Russian FAB1500 which costs ~1.35million Rubles with a Glide Kit or 1.77million Rubles for a 60km Jet pack boost kit with Glonass guideance module. Just the FAB1500 without the glide/guidance module cost 1.13million Rubles. $20,000 - $30,000 is very cheap for such a powerful munition (1000lbs is a hugely powerful blast). Blows away the myth of expensive US weaponry. Russia only had ~178,000 FAB1500's in 2022 with most of their FABs (>420,000) being smaller 500kg and 250kg units. Russia has stopped production on FABs as their new MgH2 explosive is >10x the explosive power so the next gen bombs will be much smaller and easier to handle. 5kg of MgH2 warhead is more powerful than the blast energy of a FAB250kg and can vapourize any steel within 50m of the blast center. China also has MgH2 munitions so the West needs to get innovative.