Kan vara en del politiker i vissa länder som börjar ta sig en funderare nu ?
Snart blir det väl billigare att köpa f-22 än f-35 .
Inte ens dom styrande i USA tror på siffrorna som presenterats tidigare för detta projekt.
<citat>We believe that JSF costs will likely be much higher than reported. The estimates do not include all costs, including about $6.8 billion for the alternate engine program. In addition, some assumptions are overly optimistic and not well documented.
Three independent defense offices separately concluded that program cost estimates are understated by as much as $38 billion and that the development schedule is likely to slip from 12 to 27 months. Discrepancies in cost estimates add to program risks and hinder congressional oversight. Even so, DOD does not plan for another fully documented, independent total program life-cycle cost estimate until 2013.
As JSF finalizes the three designs, matures manufacturing processes, conducts flight tests, and ramps up production, it faces significant challenges. JSF’s goal—to develop and field an affordable, highly common family of strike aircraft—is threatened by rising unit procurement prices and lower commonality than expected. The program also makes unprecedented funding demands—an average of $11 billion annually for two decades—and must compete with other defense and nondefense priorities for the shrinking federal discretionary dollar.
Further, expected cost per flight hour now exceeds that of the F-16 legacy fighter, one of the aircraft it is intended to replace. </citat>
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http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08388.pdf