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Why America's new stealth bomber could cost over $100 billion
William LaPlante, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisitions, told reporters during a Pentagon press briefing that an independent cost analysis, which the Defense Department has not released, put the price tag of the Long-Range Strike Bomber at $564 million per aircraft in today's dollars.
The service aims to buy 80 to 100 new bombers, putting the effort's purchase price at around $55 billion. Another $23.5 billion will be spent to develop the aircraft, which likely won't be deployed for another decade, pushing the program's sticker price up to about $80 billion. Toss in lifetime maintenance costs, unforeseen changes and upgrades, and typically bad budgeting by the Pentagon and the program's cost could easily swell to over $100 billion.
Single mission capabilities.....massive payload........Great Stealth technology...........but they are 564 million each.......
Most of our combat is now taking out small targets in 3rd World countries........Not leveling cities with massive ordinance.........
William LaPlante, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisitions, told reporters during a Pentagon press briefing that an independent cost analysis, which the Defense Department has not released, put the price tag of the Long-Range Strike Bomber at $564 million per aircraft in today's dollars.
The service aims to buy 80 to 100 new bombers, putting the effort's purchase price at around $55 billion. Another $23.5 billion will be spent to develop the aircraft, which likely won't be deployed for another decade, pushing the program's sticker price up to about $80 billion. Toss in lifetime maintenance costs, unforeseen changes and upgrades, and typically bad budgeting by the Pentagon and the program's cost could easily swell to over $100 billion.
Single mission capabilities.....massive payload........Great Stealth technology...........but they are 564 million each.......
Most of our combat is now taking out small targets in 3rd World countries........Not leveling cities with massive ordinance.........