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Lifetime cost to run F-35 fighter: about $1 trillion
- Imagenuity 15y agoRead again: it says "$1 trillion to operate a fleet of 2,443 F-35 fighter jets over the next 50 years." One F-35 does not cost a trillion, all 2443 planes over 50 years will cost 1 trillion, including the development cost. Your headline sucks.
- holograham 15y agoProjecting the costs of ANYTHING out 50 years is shaky at best and totally inaccurate at worst. If the F35 were a company it would still be pre-revenue product development. Projecting production ramp up costs, operations, and sustainment are simply too complex to model effectively. A report like this does not take into account the ever changing technology advances in production and software costs. I would be willing to bet that 3-D printing, advanced materials, and software V&V breakthroughs will drastically bring costs down over the next 50 years.
- bsphil 15y agoThere's an 's' missing in that title that changes the entire perspective of the article. Damn link-baiting. Oh and by the by, lol @ 50 year projections. What will the translation of a 2012 dollar be in 2062?