In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

In message , Chad Irby
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In article ,
"killfile" wrote:
How is one F/A-22 going to kill six Rafales?
By calling on his two wingmen, of course.

Unless the Rafales are selling for less than $30 million each, of course.

Are these in French service or exported? Very different accounting
systems used (one of the reasons people joke about "Shock Horror News
From France - GIAT Makes Profit!")

Those "very different accounting systems" are why the Rafale and
Eurofighter are *much* more expensive than the lowball numbers some
people have been expecting. $85 million each, for the British, and the
German version is about the same price.

Parts, support, and training included.

Hey, how much do you get for the cost of a F-22? Not much in terms of
maintenance, crew training, or flying hours... you get the aircraft and
the rest is all extra, same as the competition.

Wrong.

When you see those sub-$30 million numbers for the European planes, it's
for airframe alone. Which is why the British version of the Eurofighter
is pricing out at $80 to $85 million a pop for the full buy.

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