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["Diego Cozzuol" <cdiego@tmn.it> (by way of Carlo Gubitosa <c.gubitosa@peacelink.it>)]

Ciao Carlo, non sono un esperto di spese militari, ma ti indico quanto ho 
trovato in internet:

Il B2 è un bombardiere stealth ovvero invisibile ai radar inquanto 
rivestito di un materiale che non rimbalza le onde radar ma le assorbe.

<http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/B_2_Spirit.html>http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/B_2_Spirit.html
dice Unit cost: Approximately $1.157 billion (fiscal 98 constant dollars)
<http://home.europa.com/~ab/aircraft/spirit/>http://home.europa.com/~ab/aircraft/spirit/
dice Unit cost: Approximately $750 million


Cifre disparate quindi (comunque altissime!).... Ma spulciando in rete ho 
trovato questa interessante pagina
di una certa Federation of American Scentisits
<http://www.fas.org/document.htm>http://www.fas.org/document.htm
Sotto le sezioni GAO General Accounting Office ti puoi trovare un sacco di 
documentazione ufficiale sui costi militari, suddivisi in mezzi, personale 
etc etc etc...
Cos'è il GAO? nel sito governativo <http://www.gao.gov>www.gao.gov troviamo 
la seguente spiegazione:
"The General Accounting Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative 
arm of Congress. GAO exists to support the Congress in meeting its 
Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and 
ensure the accountability of the federal government for the American 
people. GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs 
and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other 
assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and 
funding decisions. In this context, GAO works to continuously improve the 
economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of the federal government through 
financial audits, program reviews and evaluations, analyses, legal 
opinions, investigations, and other services. GAO's activities are designed 
to ensure the executive branch's accountability to the Congress under the 
Constitution and the government's accountability to the American people. 
GAO is dedicated to good government through its commitment to the core 
values of <http://www.gao.gov/values/cvaccnt.html>accountability, 
<http://www.gao.gov/values/cvinteg.html>integrity, and 
<http://www.gao.gov/values/cvrelia.html>reliability."

LA pagina del bomber b2 è:
<http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-2.htm>http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-2.htm
la riga del costo (2.2 billions of $) rimanda all'interessante e 
dettagliano documento 
<http://www.fas.org/man/gao/nsiad97181.htm>http://www.fas.org/man/gao/nsiad97181.htm
Si tratta di "Letter Report, 08/14/97, GAO/NSIAD-97-181"

Vi è riportata la seguente tabella 1.1:
Estimated B-2 Acquisition Costs
                          (Then-year dollars in millions)
                                                                            Total
                                   Developmen    Military       Total 
program
                       Operationa       t 
and  constructi  acquisitio        unit
Selected acquisition  l aircraft  procuremen          on   n 
program  acquisitio
report                  quantity  t estimate    estimate    estimate      n 
cost
--------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
----------
Dec. 
1994                     20     $44,390        $556     $44,946      $2,247
Dec. 
1995                     20     $44,760        $550     $45,310      $2,265
Dec. 
1996                     21     $44,200        $554     $44,754      $2,131
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note:  Details of the fiscal year 1998 President's budget for the B-2
are included in appendix 1.



Diego