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soryang

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7. One aircraft carrier costs over 13 billion

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:31 AM

Dec 2018

One Zumwalt class costs over 3 billion. Procurement and contracting terms are dictated by corrupt and unaccountable contractors. That's the real problem. Maybe some of the endless wars and military conflicts could be curtailed so they can fix their submarines.

The new PCA 6th generation fighter program for 2030 is projecting a cost of 300 million plus per aircraft with a production run of over four hundred aircraft. This is absurd. By the time they get it done, they'll have 60 aircraft and each one will cost five hundred million dollars.

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One aircraft carrier costs over 13 billion soryang Dec 2018 #7