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It's only "high tech" to the aforementioned cavemen. To everyone else it's a 707 you can't even get spare tires for any more, equipped with some truly obsolete
by jeffbee 7mo ago
It's only "high tech" to the aforementioned cavemen. To everyone else it's a 707 you can't even get spare tires for any more, equipped with some truly obsolete technology aboard. I mean it has a mechanical waveguide for crying out loud.
- paganel 7mo ago> equipped with some truly obsolete technology aboard. So I guess the US won't have any issues replacing it at a cheaper cost (as far as I understood that one cost $500 million, give or take).
- jeffbee 7mo agoThe prototype E-7 cost $2 billion. It's a 737 with some radios.
- eqvinox 7mo ago"On 22 March 2019, the UK Defence Secretary announced a $1.98 billion contract to purchase five Boeing E-7 Wedgetails" Prototype price isn't really that meaningful (Also it's a 767 not a 737, that was the E-3 I think.)
- jeffbee 7mo agoYou must be thinking of a different boondoggle, the E-767, which is the obsolete radar package from the E-3 bolted to a 767. The E-7 is a 737.
- eqvinox 7mo agoAh right, it's a bit confusing between the bunch of these. Nonetheless the price tag was only $400M/ea E-7 for the UK in 2019 (usual later price shenanigans not included)