Act now and get a FREE F-35!

[TLAM Strike]

.... if you are Israeli....

http://defensetech.org/2010/08/16/is...ks-up-the-tab/

We can't even afford to buy enough of these and we are giving them away...

Was the IAF's 10 year aircraft design advantage over the Arabs and Iranians not enough? They want to go for 20 now.

[SteamWake]

Spammer....

[Safe-Keeper]

Not impressed. The Russians gave us a whole battlecruiser, with absolutely no strings attached.

http://www.aftenbladet.no/archive/00...pg_237936a.jpg

Yeah.

On a more serious note, us Norsemen are getting F-35s, too (although of course they're charging us for them, no fair). Hoping it'll live up to expectations.

[Takeda Shingen]

Ugh. The gravy train has got to end, especially when at the expense of US taxpayers. The Israelis are big boys, they make big boy decisions. They can pay for their hardware.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Ugh. The gravy train has got to end, especially when at the expense of US taxpayers. The Israelis are big boys, they make big boy decisions. They can pay for their hardware.

Article quotes Barak saying the F-35 costs $96 million a copy.

Sounds like they are being paid for. But $96 million is such a small number these days.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Not impressed. The Russians gave us a whole battlecruiser, with absolutely no strings attached.

http://www.aftenbladet.no/archive/00...pg_237936a.jpg

Yeah.

On a more serious note, us Norsemen are getting F-35s, too (although of course they're charging us for them, no fair). Hoping it'll live up to expectations.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Sounds like they are being paid for. But $96 million is such a small number these days.

Did you read the next sentence?

The entire deal will be funded by American military aid.

Them be my tax dollars.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Did you read the next sentence?



Them be my tax dollars.

Them be US jobs.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Them be US jobs.

Although, if the Israelis place a larger order down the road, the JSF program said more Israeli-sourced components could be installed. To sweeten terms of the deal, Lockheed Martin agreed to buy more component parts for the JSF from Israeli firms; at a price of around $4 billion.

And there they go.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

And there they go.

Yet Lockheed wants to create 'private sector' jobs, as opposed to the jobs not created by the $7.98 billion stimulus package which was supposed to hold unemployment to 8%.

And lets not forget that these sales must be approved by the Obama admin, and our current congress.

So again the Dems have helped the US.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Yet Lockheed wants to create 'private sector' jobs, as opposed to the jobs not created by the $7.98 billion stimulus package which was supposed to hold unemployment to 8%.

Okay. That's terribly exciting. It doesn't have anything to do with the deal, but it is filling me with joy. Keep us posted.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Okay. That's terribly exciting. It doesn't have anything to do with the deal, but it is filling me with joy. Keep us posted.

be happy to do that for you bud.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

be happy to do that for you bud.

Yes! Score!

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Yes! Score!

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Troll on, man. Troll on.