I meant the 18. The 35 is way over priced for what it does, the joint strike program has been screwed since day one.
The Navy and Marines both fly 18s as do the Canadians. Lots of parts, way cheaper, and can kill about anything. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > It may be, but its already gaining a hanger queen reputation. And as I > said, if another system that is half the cost and 2/3rds the effectiveness. > Wouldn't it be better to build the alternative system in that case? > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:03 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Amazing bird, it really is. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > The F18E and F series are 2/3rds as capable as the F35C has been > > advertised > > > to be. They cost less than half the cost. They have a very long service > > > life. and most importantly any of the possible foes it would be facing > > are > > > still not as capable as current aircraft and probably won't be for a > > while. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Whats the alternative? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 23, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Question is do we really need to spend more than double the > > combination > > > > of > > > > > all other nations on defense? > > > > > > > > > > After all do we need the F-35C whose cost is rising to a billion > per > > > > > aircraft? > > > > > F-35C: US$199.4M flyaway cost, 2013 from Department Of The Navy > > Fiscal > > > > Year > > > > > (FY) 2013 Budget Estimates, Aircraft Procurement Vol. I, BA 14., > pp. > > > > 129, > > > > > 143, Department of the Navy, February 2012. > > > > > http://www.finance.hq.navy.mil/fmb/13pres/APN_BA1-4_BOOK.pdf > > > > > > > > > > Or the Littoral Combat Ships or other Military systems that are > just > > > > plain > > > > > over expensive hanger queens. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368071 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
