On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:20:53 +1100, John Cook wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:58:12 GMT, Scott Ferrin
wrote:



The reason is that the usefulness of the system is degraded as fewer
aircraft are bought.

There is a point at which even a brillient system becomes marginal
when so few are brought into service, However the massive cost
remains the same.

How many would you consider adequate for the USAF..

150 is a joke, so choose a figure higher than this that is still worth
the cost..
Its difficult isn't it...

I expect if they asked nicely, Eurofighter GmbH would sell them a
few Typhoons. A quick BOTE calculation suggests they'd get 619
Typhoons for what they're spending on manufacturing the Raptor. (i'm
not including development costs).

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