Ultimate cost of the F-35 up to $299 million each

[midnight rambler]

Indeed, 'the Swiss army knife of fighter jets*' is a helluva deal - for Lockheed Martin -

http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/how-much-do-f-35s-cost-beware-of-answers-from-lockheed-martin-140107?news=852103

*the F-35 'does it all', yet does nothing very well

[Glass]

yes you realise its a scam but millions won't. I look at small projects that should cost maybe 20 million and 2 billion later they are still pumping money, but it isn't one project running 1.88 billion over budget it's 6 or 7 projects nation wide. And this is in Oz with less than 1/10th the US pop

[7th trump]

Indeed, 'the Swiss army knife of fighter jets*' is a helluva deal - for Lockheed Martin -

http://www.allgov.com/news/where-is-the-money-going/how-much-do-f-35s-cost-beware-of-answers-from-lockheed-martin-140107?news=852103

*the F-35 'does it all', yet does nothing very well

Love your hippocracy comrad midnight.

You'll post on this board how good the russian crap is while dogging anything American.
The reality of it all is none of these planes, russian or American, do anything very well......both are limited by human factors.

American millitary knows this and is moving away from conventional fighters and replacing them with drones....drones packed with state of the art electronics that can turn on a dime, smaller in size, fly at super sonic speeds and armed beyond anything conventional aircraft are.
Let the stupid russians tutu dance in the sky while a locked on shoulder fired missile cruising at mach 3 is scream up at them....barely enough time to eject out of the cockpit.
Russians are stupid...they've been playing catch up ever since the bolshevic revolution.
Dog fighting went the way of the dodo bird when jet aircraft was introduced....and now the russians beleive they have something....some 70 years later huh...Hahahahahahaha....!

Everything russia has, technology wise, is because of Western industrial capitalism.
Communism doesnt work and it took the soviet almost a 100 years to realise this....hence why the game of stealing technology and playing "catch up".
If it wasnt for the kidnapped German scientist of WWII I doubt the soviets regime would have lasted into the 50 and 60's.....there wouldnt have been a cold war at all.

[Neuro]

You'll post on this board how good the russian crap is while dogging anything American.

If it wasnt for the kidnapped German scientist of WWII I doubt the soviets regime would have lasted into the 50 and 60's.....there wouldnt have been a cold war at all.
Certainly...

American engineering after kidnapped German Engineers died...
http://lwow.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hummer-H2-Ultimate-Six-9.jpg

LOL

[Ponce]

Is not the plane that they are making but the armament that it has.......you can have a Piper Cub that has super missiles that will chase any plane and knock them down.........is the same as a guy who is 6'8" 285 lbs going against a 5'1" 98 lbs, if the big guy has a .22 and the little guy a .45, who do you think will win?................the plane is nothing without the right armament.

V

[7th trump]

Is not the plane that they are making but the armament that it has.......you can have a Piper Cub that has super missiles that will chase any plane and knock them down.........is the same as a guy who is 6'8" 285 lbs going against a 5'1" 98 lbs, if the big guy has a .22 and the little guy a .45, who do you think will win?................the plane is nothing without the right armament.

V

And the russians will find out that vector thrusting isnt any defensive deterent to a mach 3 missile that can out maneuver the aircraft.
The soviets seriously lack behind American electronics warfare.
Whats the odds America has stealth missiles?

The best armament is stealth and electronic invisibility.

[Ponce]

Trump?...remember that most nations are getting ready to defeat the US and are now working together in coming up with their super weapons........for the price on one American super tank the Ruskies can make five simple tanks that don't use that much electronics so that there is less stuff that can break up.

Foreign countries have sent their students to learn from MIT and other schools from where our own engineers have gone to so that by now they know what we know...

For the price of one American tank I can make fifty reinforced ATV's with super tank killer missiles that are able to move around faster to avoid any tank cannons........like Muhama Ali said.... "Move like a butterfly and sting like a bee".

V