The U.S. Is Building a Drone Base in Niger That Will Cost More Than $280 Million by 2024
▻https://theintercept.com/2018/08/21/us-drone-base-niger-africa
A U.S. drone base in a remote part of West Africa has garnered attention for its $100 million construction price tag. But according to new projections from the Air Force, its initial cost will soon be dwarfed by the price of operating the facility — about $30 million a year. By 2024, when the 10-year agreement for use of the base in Agadez, Niger, ends, its construction and operating costs will top a quarter-billion dollars — or around $280 million, to be more precise. And that’s actually an (...)
