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unhappycamper

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2. The F-35 appears to be a design-as-we-go kinda airplane,

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 08:07 AM

Jun 2014

with all the uncertainty that gos with the design-as-we-go philosophy.

Nimitz-class aircraft carriers usta cost $4.5 billion sans people and aircraft.

Ford-class aircraft carriers will cost somewhere between $16 ~ $40 billion sans people and aircraft.

And each of those deployed carriers has a support group. Ka'ching.

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Here's a Little Perspective for You [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP

Well, that's kind of hyperbolic JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #1

The F-35 appears to be a design-as-we-go kinda airplane, unhappycamper Jun 2014 #2