Posted on 03/12/2008 9:51:33 AM PDT by BGHater
Nice idea, we cannot afford it.
Kill it.
Nonsense. Just put it on their tab.
crAP opposes it ... it must be good.
Kelly Johnson is spinning in his grave.
According to the article, the trillion dollars is the cost of acquiring and operating the fleet until “well into the 21st century”. Probably thirty or forty years.
The fed government will spend three times that this year. And even more next year. And even more than that the next year.
A trillion dollars for these aircraft, spread over a third of a century, is a drop in the bucket of government expenditures.
They’ll spend that much this year just subsidizing parasites.
Inflation.
One politician just paid over $4,000 for one screw.
Well, Social Security will cost $20T over the same period of time. Guess we’d better start taking an axe to SS since it’s so bloated.
First, this aircraft is going to cost as much as the F-22 by the time it’s ready to go. Second, any aircraft that is claimed to replace the A-10 is a fraud.
No, it’ll be fine, we just raise taxes, socialize health care, then funnel some of the money earmarked to pay for it to pay for the planes, you know, just like social security.
It’s rather deceptive to include FUEL COSTS in your estimate for the total costs of a plane.
It’s actually rather deceptive to simply report MAINTENANCE costs as well.
After all, these planes are replacing other planes, and those planes WON’T be maintained, or using fuel. And no matter what plane you fly, fuel costs are going up.
Inflation.
One politician just paid over $4,000 for one screw."
I just spit coffee all over mys screen.
I'm sure the auditors thoroughly investigated the effects of congressional meddling on the program as well. NOT!
Money well spent IMO.
This plane is amazing.
The Navy should drop out of this program. Other than the stealth, there is no single area of performance where the Super Hornet isn’t the better plane, especially in regards to the radar. The Super Bug has a longer range, higher top speed, bigger payload, and the safety of two engines. And its a hell of a lot cheaper. Let USAF destroy their own damn budget with this thing.
“Kelly Johnson is spinning in his grave.”
Kelly Johnson was pretty explicit in his opinion that the era of manned fighters is over, and that the services should concentrate most of their resources on unmanned planes. He’d probably think JSF was a silly concept to begin with.
This would seem to be a bad thing. When the military has an aircraft crash, what action do they take? Ground all aircraft of that model until the cause of the crash is determined.
So if the Navy version of the F-35 crashes, do all other versions of the F-35 get grounded as well? And wouldn't it be bad to have so much of our air power grounded simultaneously?
Great example of how to lie with numbers. They're including the whole cost of operations for the ~life~ of the aircraft. Including fuel, and probably pilot's salary and the costs for supporting organizations.
Gee whiz... did they include the cost of the carriers for the Navy version? Makes ya wonder.
Money well spent, if that's all it is.
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