Google: "How Long Does It Take The United States to Make a Tomahawk Missile?"
I asked Google: "How long does it take the United States to make a tomahawk missile?"
Google responded:
It takes approximately 18 to 24 months for the U.S. to build a single Tomahawk cruise missile. Production is slowed by a thin supplier base for specialized components, such as solid rocket motors and advanced sensors. While the minimum sustainment rate is about 90 units per year, the Pentagon is working to increase production.
- Production Time: 1.5 to 2 years per missile.
- Production Rate: Approximately 90 per year (minimum), with capacity to scale.
- Bottlenecks: Shortages in the solid rocket motor supply chain and specialized, single-source components.
- Cost: Roughly $2.2 million per missile.
Considering that the United States was not fully stocked before they attacked Iran, and the likelihood that other similar ammunitions were neither fully stoked nor being manufactured at a faster rate, people really need to start asking how long the United States can continue before entertaining other options (ending the war; sending end troops, etc.). And this is just the "attacking" side of the war; there's also a question of the quickly depleting defensive weaponry, which once spent will leave both the US assets in the Gulf and Israel very vulnerable.
Also-also: Iran has pretty much taken out the US's detection network, so warnings have dropped from 30 mins notice to about one minute:
Also-also-also: I asked Goggle "How long does it take Iran to make a drone?"
Google responded:
Iran has an extremely high-volume drone production capacity, capable of manufacturing roughly 10,000 units per month, according to a UK-based center for information resilience report. Their Shahed loitering munitions are designed for mass production, with individual units costing approximately $30,000.
Key Details on Iranian Drone Production
- Production Volume: Estimates suggest Iran can produce up to 10,000 drones per month.
- Low Cost/Mass Production: The Shahed drones are designed for rapid, inexpensive mass manufacturing.
- Operational Speed: While not directly indicating factory build time, these systems are designed to overwhelm defense systems with high numbers.
Note: While the prompt asks how long it takes to make one, the available information focuses on the high-volume production capacity (10,000/month) rather than the exact hours or days for a single unit.
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