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Platapus · 04-08-10, 04:00 PM

Do we really need a fleet of F-35s at upwards to 150,000,000 a pop?

A single weapon platform that costs over 1/10 of a Billion Dollars and does not float?

$150,000,000 and it can be shot down by a lucky hit from WWII vintage AAA or even a bird?

That's a lot for a single fighter/multimillion aircraft that can fall out of the sky.

That's five F-16Fs

I think there comes a point when cramming every type of capability on to one product starts to get too expensive and complex.

04-08-10, 04:00 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Do we really need a fleet of F-35s at upwards to 150,000,000 a pop? A single weapon platform that costs over 1/10 of a Billion Dollars and does not float? $150,000,000 and it can be shot down by a lucky hit from WWII vintage AAA or even a bird? That's a lot for a single fighter/multimillion aircraft that can fall out of the sky. That's five F-16Fs I think there comes a point when cramming every type of capability on to one product starts to get too expensive and complex. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.