And yet the higher the cost, the fewer that will be bought by other countries.
I would “encourage” nations who have signed on to the program to commit to the numbers they agreed to buy. I would also sell the product to Japan ,South Korea, Sinagapore and Taiwan to commit to at least to 50-100 planes.
This is why were’ seeing all the kerfuffle about the Chinese J-20...and already countries are saying they need to buy more, sooner.