“I just am wowed by the numbers. I remember F14s were around $20 to $30 million back in the day. Of course, I looked recently at how much it cost to build the latest carrier, and it was over $6B. Yikes.”
To give you a reality check, a shiny new F-18 Super Hornet goes for $55 million (I believe that is the incremental cost not counting development). Inflation is an insidious thing.
The F-22 gives far more than double the capability of the Super Hornet. I’d support a carrier F-22 alongside the Air Force versions.
It’s incredibly shortsighted to cancel a multi-decade program like this based on the current short-term situation. 0bama might also want to reflect on exactly _why_ the Russians and Chinese gave up on competing militarily.
Obama want the military to use only manual type writers with carbon free ribbons in order to write nasty letters of objection to our enemies.
(the first letter should go to obama)