No, that is the reality.
Underscored by their having cut significantly how many on ‘em they actually want to have.
I didn’t say it was inaccurate, just deceptive, since the per unit cost of additional aircraft was about $500M as I remember...not $2B.
In any case it worked, and we wound up building next to nothing...which, with today’s Neocons itching to start a war with Russia, I’m glad is the case.