Faith-based News for Extra-TerrestrialsU.S. USES 250K BULLETS PER INSURGENT
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US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel.A government report says that US forces are now using 1.8 billion rounds of small-arms ammunition a year. The total has more than doubled in five years, largely as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as changes in military doctrine... [*]
This of course is a totally unfair statistic. You really need to factor in the tens of thousands of civilians we've killed to get a fair kill ratio.
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I noticed via your link to NTFU.com that we appear to be using hollow point ammunition in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
I used to think that Americans would have to dye their white hats some shade of grey after we elected Reagan. But we're now so deep in black hat territory that we'll never regain our soul.
Posted by: CybScryb | September 25, 2005 05:48 PM
Take the number of bullet fired, 250,000 and multiply it by $0.21 (the conservative cost of a 5.56mm bullet fired from M16 rifles - bullets get far more expensive than this) and you get a very conservative cost of $52,500 per insurgent.
Not very cost effective either. Tax money well spent.
And CybScryb: You assume we had a sole... I am not so sure.
Posted by: Luke | September 26, 2005 08:32 AM
The late satirist Art Hoppe once wrote a column during the Vietnam War that argued since it cost the US about 50K for every Viet Cong/NVA member killed, it would be more cost-effective to drop blocks of money out of airplanes to kill 'the enemy', as 50K is a fair weight in small bills.
Posted by: The Dark Avenger | September 29, 2005 12:17 PM