You put out a bid for something and it is still expensive for its intended use.
Small diameter bomb (SDB) 1 had a goal of around $70,000 each and then climbed: $124,000 each. The new SDBII which has a multi-mode sensor and twice the warhead (100lb vs. 50lb ) now starts out costing over $215,000 each including support equipment.
When each batch is bought, there is usually support equipment. Still you have to take the money for that batch and divided it by the live rounds you get.
I would suggest that you will not see that price drop much over time.
Rather sad.
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