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Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted... by HPsquared on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @05:51PM (#45893999)
Lack of funding? My impression is that the F-35 program is the most expensive in history.
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Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted... by saithound on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @05:58PM (#45894057)
That's not surprising. If you allocate 1500 billion USD to building the Death Star, it will simultaneously be

1. the most expensive space station program in history, and

2. severely underfunded compared to the desired deliverable.

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Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted... by themafia on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:10AM (#45896871)
The original estimate was $250b. They undershot that by 10x. The expense is all "overages."
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