[Drew68]

When the Navy reduced its order from roughly thirty ships to just three, the cost of the rounds shot up. A single round of the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile was going to cost almost $1 million — a figure closer to guided missiles than artillery shells.

What a Charlie Foxtrot.

Why build even a single one?

[Kommodor]

Because the cost to cancel the contract was the same as the cost of building 3 of them.