There’s no “end up” about it. They already said they cost 2 billion$ apiece. That’s more than we spent on most of our super carriers. And it’s about one million$ per inch of airplane. I hope they save back a few bucks to build WARTHOGS to clean up the messes this thing is gonna make. But a job at Grumman should be solid for quite awhile?
It’s basically a billion dollar grift, direct from the taxpayers to the MIC.
It will never fly over contested “tier one” enemy territory. “Stealth” is just ONE of the many ways to detect an aircraft today.