When National Defense Knows No Budget: The Most Expensive Military Vehicles in History

3. Submarine of the Benjamin Franklin class

Joined the Service in 1964 Produced by: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding, General Dynamics Electric Boat Price: *$1.2 billion From the 1960s to the 2000s, the Benjamin-Franklin class submarine was in operation. The James-Madison class submarines were replaced by the Benjamin-Franklin class, which was initially constructed using a Polaris A3 ballistic missile before being modified. To accommodate the Poseidon C3 missile, they were modified.

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Twitter.com / Benjamin Franklin-class Submarine @AncientSubHunt The Ben Franklin submarines underwent additional modifications in the 1980s, with six of them modified to accommodate Trident C4 missiles. With a length of 425 feet and an S5W nuclear reactor, the Ben Franklin class of submarines was more significant than the Los Angeles class. There are now only two in the mega-giant class.

4. The 2000 Dassault Mirage

Joined the Service in 1978 Produced by: Dassault Aviation Price: *$36.1 million The fourth-generation, multirole Dassault Mirage 2000 jet fighter was created by Dassault Aviation. The Mirage 2000 was developed in 1978 and entered service with the French Air Force in 1984. The Indian Air Force, the Taiwanese Air Force, and the United Arab Emirates Air Force all operate the Mirage 2000.

Twitter.com/@OffiongAnthony / Dassault Mirage 2000 The Mirage 2000 was somewhat of a leading precursor, having been the basis for various versions, including the 2000N and 2000D built by DUAVF. There have been 601 of these light-weight fighters manufactured so far, and they would later be developed into the Dassault Mirage 4000.