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Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by dkbrk on Friday March 24, 2017 @10:11PM (#13953714)
Overall this is a pretty good article that avoids most of the misinformation that tends to be propagated whenever the F-35 comes up.

However, calling the F-35 the "most expensive weapon ever built" is extremely misleading. This video explains it better than I ever could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHlp7tJrxY&feature=youtu.be... ("F-35 Lightning II: Busting Myths - Episode 2").

The entire video series is well worth a watch if you have any interest at all in the subject.

Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by jeffdavis on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:02AM (#13954445)
Paraphrasing from the video:

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The $1.1 trillion cost is for research, production, maintenance, fuel, and weapons for 2500 planes from the time they first started flying in 2006 until they retire in 2065. When you do the math, this plane is actually cheaper than some other planes. The main reason for the huge dollar number is that it's the first plane to be fully accounted for over the lifetime of the entire program.

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Again, the above is just paraphrasing the claims in the video. They are not my claims.

Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by uberrr on Saturday March 25, 2017 @09:37AM (#13955552)
That money could have been used to feed and educate a lot of people.
Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by COGlory on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:25AM (#13955784)
It wouldn't be
Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by valuearb on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:52PM (#13957250)
We will never get remotely near that number of planes, and the cost per plane will be at least 4x as much. Standard defense procurement cycle.
Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by 65827 on Friday March 24, 2017 @10:15PM (#13953721)
What "misinformation" do you speak of?
Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by rayiner on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:12PM (#13953910)
Watch the video.
Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built by samstave on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:57PM (#13957739)
Those were a good watch thank you.