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Sorry, I don't follow miltech stuff very closely. Which of its alternatives have cost more than $1.5 trillion?
by stupidcar 8y ago
Sorry, I don't follow miltech stuff very closely. Which of its alternatives have cost more than $1.5 trillion?
- StuffMaster 8y agoSorry, but why are you asking?
- aurailious 8y agoEach F-35 costs about $100M now. When you want to compare the entire project scope, you should also account for how many planes have been planned to build. Because that $1.5T number includes purchases and lifetime expenses. About 3000 planes and decades of use. Strictly measuring the R&D places the program at $50B. A price tag that includes making virtually 3 kinds of planes for more than a dozen operators. So when you say its cost $1.5T, then try to point to alternatives, I'd have to ask, which other alternative planes have had 3000 constructed and then operated over the course of its life in the past 2 decades? What exactly are you trying to compare that $1.5T number to? Do you want to compare this to the Rafale, of which there are only 150? To use a metaphor: I went out and bought 10 bags of apples for $100, but that guy only needed to spend $10 for his bag of oranges.
- greedo 8y agoThe most current lot was $89M per aircraft.
- engi_nerd 8y agoTrue, but that's only for the F-35A. The other two variants are more expensive per copy due to their lower production numbers.
- aurailious 8y agoWhich isn't too much more expensive than a brand new F-16.