Flight 370 search expense to the public

[frazzled]

10. It's not costing that much, in the larger scheme of things

The U.S. Department of Defense allocated $4 million to help search for the missing Malaysian jetliner. Between March 8 and March 24, it had spent $3.2 million, said spokesman Col. Steve Warren. As of late last week it had spent another $148,000. The Pentagon has allocated another $3.6 million to cover the cost of a towed pinger locator, used to detect underwater signals from aircraft black boxes, and an underwater autonomous vehicle, which can look for wreckage deep below the ocean surface.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-cost-of-the-search-for-malaysia-airlines-flight-370/

Do you know how small $8 million or so is in the US budget? Here's defense alone: 750 billion.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense