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Originally Posted by rickusn
Or do you mean each LHD is 2.5.
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3 billion (Australian) each, sorry. The price was revised up ahead of the bid, a novel idea the US should try, because the Aussies unlike our US Navy believe the program is less likely to get killed if the price is right up front, even if it is high.
LHD = ~3 billion Australian = ~2.5 billion US
ADW = ~1.6 billion Australian = ~1.35 billion US
Includes about ~.5 billion Australian in support costs.
Comes up to 9.3 billion Australian, or 9.3 billion US.
These were estimates I got from an Australian source, not sure of their accuracy, but they matched a 9.3 billion US number I found online that I linked to in my blog.
I could be wrong, we will know for sure soon anyway, but Tenix did say the cost of the LHD would run between 2.5 and 3.0 billion Australian, and the RAN did announce ahead of time they intended to go with the high number to insure they don't have to go back and ask for more money.