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JSF Costs Up At Least $2.5B: Rumor
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| 11/1/2010
| Colin Clark
Posted on 11/01/2010 8:45:01 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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If more countries bought the planes, the sticker shock would be much less. There is a rumour that Turkey plans to buy 100 planes
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
the Center for Defense Information.A cabal of inept America hating buffoons some of whom attained flag rank while on active duty.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:06:10 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Chump change when considering the long-term defense and combat capabilities, and cost of maintain the aircraft the F-35 replaces.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:08:02 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: PhiloBedo
Of course costs will go down overtime, but the countries who made commitments to a certain number of planes must follow through. I would open up the sale of the F-35 to Japan and Taiwan.
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
We had better build a heck of a lot more F-22’s then.
LLS
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:13:44 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(WOLVERINES!)
To: LibLieSlayer
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Absolutely. They should be available to all of our allies. As you point out, the commonality of fleets and long production run will drive down the eventual overall cost.
Also, think of having to deploy, for defense or offensive operations in a country that has the F-35, the mx and support facilities save a fortune in logistics.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:15:00 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Just curious, is the JSF built with Union Labor?
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:17:10 PM PDT
by
o2bfree
To: magslinger
To: PhiloBedo
Taiwan has expressed interest in the plane and said that they would buy 100 of the planes. The Japanese would probably buy that same amount. The sticking point would who will be doing the upkeep of the plane the source code issue. But those are minor sticking points.
To: o2bfree
I think Texas has right to work laws.
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
My Brother runs a corporation that makes aerospace parts on several contracts, and he has told me that the JSF is the biggest boondoggle that he has seen in his 35 years in the business. He also has told me that the Raptor is the best of the successors to the F-15.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:28:37 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
My Brother runs a corporation that makes aerospace parts on several contracts, and he has told me that the JSF is the biggest boondoggle that he has seen in his 35 years in the business. He also has told me that the Raptor is the best of the successors to the F-15.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:28:48 PM PDT
by
Wooly
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
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11/01/2010 9:29:28 PM PDT
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posted on
11/01/2010 10:24:16 PM PDT
by
magslinger
('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
not sure we should let Turkey buy them — they are fast turning into an Islamist cesspool and it is debatable whether they are an “ally” anymore
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posted on
11/01/2010 11:56:31 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(De-fund the agitprop twits of NPR, PBS, and CPB now!!)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
I hope to see that come to pass! We will need them... obama has assured America of having enemies that wish to destroy us and if we stand still... they will advance and crush us... we are doing nothing under obamunism but dismantling our Military and Space exploration.
LLS
To: Wooly
You brother is a wise sage.
LLS
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
There is a rumour that Turkey plans to buy 100 planes Just in time to enforce Sharia law.
To: Enchante
Agree. Turkey used to be a dependable ally. It is now a fairly Sharia Law country. Not good.
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