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To: Mariner

“And that’s before it gets its drone swarm.”

You could have a swarm of f16s for the cost of each F35.


9 posted on 08/05/2016 7:30:34 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

The latest block 60/62 F-16s with AESA radars are north of $80 million apiece, so no, you can’t have a swarm of brand new F-16s for the cost of each F-35.


29 posted on 08/05/2016 7:49:59 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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