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by 15charlimitdumb 2967 days ago
Interesting note on WW2 expenditures, the B-29 Superfortress actually cost more than the Manhattan project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress

"Including design and production, at over $3 billion it was the single most expensive weapons project undertaken by the United States in World War II, exceeding the cost of the Manhattan Project by between $1 and 1.7 billion"

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I'm curious about how that happened, honestly. Was there a "second-system effect" that settled in after the B-17?