China can field Dozens of DF26 ballistic missiles for under a billion dollars that these are really about $20 million per missile. A single Trump class battleship is estimated to cost 17 billion. What is the department's assessment of that cost exchange ratio? And has any independent war game concluded that a vessel could costing 1,000 times more than the missile designed to sink? (03:06–03:11)
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Asserts that the estimated cost of a Trump class battleship is 17 billion dollars.
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