Top 10 Most Expensive Weapons in the World

1.Boeing P-8 Poseidon

The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is a military aircraft currently being developed for the United States Navy. The P-8 is a militarized version of the 737-800 with 737-900-based wings.  The airframe uses a 737-800-based fuselage that is similar to but longer than the 737-700-based C-40 Clipper. The P-8 features the Raytheon APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar. The P-8I will feature an international version of the APY-10. A short bomb bay for torpedoes and other stores opens behind the wing. The aircraft also includes six additional body fuel tanks for extended range from Marshall Aerospace; three of the tanks are located in the forward cargo compartment and three in the rear.

2.USS Gerald R. Ford

PCU Gerald R. Ford  is to be the lead ship of her class of United States Navy supercarriers. As announced by the U.S. Navy on 16 January 2007, the ship will be named after the 38th President of the United States. The propulsion and power plant of the Nimitz-class carriers was designed in the 1960s. Technological capabilities of that time did not require the same quantity of electrical power that modern technologies do.

3.MRAP

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are a family of armored fighting vehicles used by the United States armed forces. The design was led by the United States Marine Corps.  MRAP vehicles usually have “V” shaped hulls to deflect away any explosive forces originating below the vehicle, thereby protecting the vehicle and its passenger compartment. Multiple contracts have been placed by the United States for this type of vehicle in response to the situation in the Iraq War. By issuing contracts to several companies, the Marine Corps hopes to accelerate the rate of production, in order to expedite the delivery of vehicles to deployed forces.

4.Trident missile

Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile  equipped with multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicles.  Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines, with U.S. warheads, and four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines, with British warheads.  Trident missiles are provided to the United Kingdom under the terms of the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement which was modified in 1982 for Trident. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote to President Carter on July 10, 1980, to request that he approve supply of Trident I missiles.

5.V-22 Osprey

The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing, and short takeoff and landing  capability. The V-22 first flew in 1989, and began flight testing and design alterations; the complexity and difficulties of being the first tiltrotor intended formilitary service in the world led to many years of development. The Osprey is the world’s first production tiltrotor aircraft, with one three-bladed proprotor, turboprop engine, and transmission nacelle mounted on each wingtip. It is classified as a powered lift aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration.

6.F/A-18E/F Super Hornets

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft.  The Super Hornet entered service with the United States Navy in 1999, replacing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat since 2006, and serves alongside the original Hornet. The Super Hornet traced its history back to the earlier 1980s, when an early version was marketed by McDonnell Douglas as Hornet 2000. The Hornet 2000 concept was an advanced version of the F/A-18 with a larger wing and a longer fuselage to carry more fuel and more powerful engines.

7.Joint Strike Fighter

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability.  JSF development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing additional funding. The partner nations are either NATO members or close U.S. allies. In 2008 it was reported that RAND Corporation conducted simulated war games in which Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters apparently defeated the F-35.

8. USS Arleigh Burke

USS Arleigh Burke  is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.  The Arleigh Burke’s design includes what is now better known as stealth technology, which improve the ship’s ability to evade and/or destroy anti-ship missiles. In August 2010, the Arleigh Burke entered the BAE Systems Ship Repair shipyard in Norfolk, VA for DDG Modernization, a program to upgrade the ship’s systems and to extend service life to 40 years.

9.Virginia Class Submarine

Virginia class  is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.  They were conceived as a less expensive alternative to the Seawolf class attack submarines, designed during the Cold War era, and they are planned to replace the older of the Los Angeles-class submarines, nineteen of which have already been decommissioned.  The submarines are designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions.  The Virginia class is built through an industrial arrangement designed to keep both GD Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company  in the submarine-building business. In September 2010, it was found that urethane tiles, applied to the hull to dampen internal sound and absorb rather than reflect sonar pulses, were falling off while the subs were at sea.

10.F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology.  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is the prime contractor and is responsible for the majority of the airframe, weapon systems and final assembly of the F-22.  The production F-22 model was unveiled on 9 April 1997 at Lockheed Georgia Co., Marietta, Georgia. It first flew on 7 September 1997. The first production F-22 was delivered to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on 7 January 2003.