>a very successful project, and a very affordable one... I've read several articles today that called it the 'most expensive weapon', that the program is '10 y

>a very successful project, and a very affordable one... I've read several articles today that called it the 'most expensive weapon', that the program is '10 years behind', that each costs $80M, and '$9M/year to maintain', that over 1000 have been built etc. For decades it has been a troubled project, many experienced insiders have called it a failure, from the day the first one rolled out ... long ago. 'Very successful' in what way?