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Re:6th Generation Stealth Fighter: Joint Effort by UK, Japan... by bnastic on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:26AM (#28574593)
As I understand, that $tn for F35 is projected over the entire lifespan of the program, which is decades in the future. Not the sum they spent on development.
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Re:6th Generation Stealth Fighter: Joint Effort by UK, Japan... by light_hue_1 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:46PM (#28587285)
Yeah. Half of that is R&D right now. $400 billion to develop and buy the craft.

Then another 0.5-1 trillion dollars over 50 years to keep them flying. An astronomical waste of money.

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