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To: NormsRevenge

That’s what, 3 planes?


18 posted on 06/17/2009 3:47:25 PM PDT by rmlew ( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
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To: rmlew

it depends on how far the chop the final number...the reason for the high price tag is because they substantially decreased the size of the order from an originally planned 700-800...when you have to pay for all the R&D, it decreases the price when you spread those costs over a larger number of aircraft...same problem that they had with the B-2...only a couple dozen planes to absorb all the development costs and all of a sudden you have bombers that cost north of 2B each...order a hundred or so and you suddenly decrease the per unit costs significantly...


20 posted on 06/17/2009 3:54:55 PM PDT by stefanbatory (Do you want a President or a King?)
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To: rmlew

It’s to keep the production line going until there is no more Obama presidency.


21 posted on 06/17/2009 3:57:11 PM PDT by Red Steel
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