And we can put them on our $500 million airplanes, and eventually be able to afford about 5 of each.
The USA produced about 15,000 P-51's in WWII. At the time, it was cutting-edge technology and the best in the skys. Each copy cost $50,900. If you believe the US Bureau of Labor's inflation statistics, in today's dollars that is $650,000 per
And in today's dollars, how much does a MANPADS cost, and how long would a P-51D survive against one?