If You're Waiting for Your Ship to Come in, It Had Better Not Be the Yamato

It looks like the U.S. military is batting 0.500 this week. I'm not counting the daily outstanding efforts put in by almost 200,000 soldiers in the Mideast. I'm referring to the big-time hit with a single shot of an anti-aircraft missile on a derelict satellite in orbit. And I'm also referring to the crash of a B-2 bomber in Guam, likely due to a malfunction.
First, the good: I read reports that the anti-satellite missile did not have a warhead, which means a disabling direct hit at extra-atmospheric altitudes and ridiculous intercept speeds. That's like shooting grouse with a .22 rifle, except much harder.
Now, the bad: That bomber cost $1.2 billion dollars. That's 1/2 of a new attack submarine, 1/3 of a new destroyer, or 1/6 of an aircraft carrier. Gone in a cloud of smoke. It is remarkable that such a marvelous (when not crashing) piece of machinery has only a crew of 2, as opposed to the crew of hundreds for a smaller Navy ship or thousands for an aircraft carrier. What an enormous responsibility in the hands of a mere mortal!
I guess this crash was still less of a waste than the battleship Yamato.