Re:The Most Expensive Weapon Ever Built
by jeffdavis on Saturday March 25, 2017 @03:02AM
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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.
That money could have been used to feed and educate a lot of people.
It wouldn't be
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.
What "misinformation" do you speak of?
Watch the video.
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.