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November 8th 03, 05:58 AM
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"Chad Irby" wrote in message
m... In article , "Paul J. Adam" wrote: I know this for a fact: for the price the US was willing to sell and sustain, you could buy and fly two Eurofighters for one F-22. Which is pretty much exactly what I was claiming. ...as opposed to the insane "six to one" cost ratio claimed by someone earlier in the thread. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. A GAO report put the price of a single F-22 at $200m with no parts, weapons or servicing, if production is capped at the current rate, for a total of 70 aircraft. Which, if they do want the F-35, it might well be. Weirder things have happened ... they did scrap Crusader, after all. Matt 
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November 9th 03, 12:20 AM
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"killfile" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message m... In article , "Paul J. Adam" wrote: I know this for a fact: for the price the US was willing to sell and sustain, you could buy and fly two Eurofighters for one F-22. Which is pretty much exactly what I was claiming. ...as opposed to the insane "six to one" cost ratio claimed by someone earlier in the thread. A GAO report put the price of a single F-22 at $200m with no parts, weapons or servicing, if production is capped at the current rate, for a total of 70 aircraft. Which, if they do want the F-35, it might well be. Nope. The $200 million is the "limited buy, full program" number. Parts and service included. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly.
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