[tet68]

Hey, I know, if we buy twice as many, we can get a price reduction, too bad congress can't figure that out.

Congress," They're so expensive, we'll only buy half as many, but that makes them even more expensive so we'll have to buy less than that....."

Eventually they'll get to the point of buying only one,
very ezpensive aircraft.

[MisouriMule]

You can Buy 3 F-15's with an Absolute 100% Perfect record of surviveability and Kill rate or 1 F-22.

[SauronOfMordor]

Congress," They're so expensive, we'll only buy half as many, but that makes them even more expensive so we'll have to buy less than that....."

Honest accounting would separate out development cost from per-unit manufacturing costs, the former to be paid up-front rather than amortized per-plane. But honest accounting is alien to politicians