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-{SpoonmaN}- · 04-17-2006, 04:18 AM

There is NO way we could afford the Raptor. And the F-111s are so old that keeping them in service is getting beyond the joke. I guess we'll have to take care in investing so much cash into the JSF ($300 million isn't such a big deal), we'll have to wait and see about the price of the aircraft, and how much it might blowout (and it looks like it will). Right now I understand we've squeezed LockMart into a deal for $45 million per A/C, which is pretty reasonable, just have to see whether they can stick to it.

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-{SpoonmaN}- Death, the Destroyer of Worlds... *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-08-04 Location: The badlands of West London. Posts: 1,455 Country:	There is NO way we could afford the Raptor. And the F-111s are so old that keeping them in service is getting beyond the joke. I guess we'll have to take care in investing so much cash into the JSF ($300 million isn't such a big deal), we'll have to wait and see about the price of the aircraft, and how much it might blowout (and it looks like it will). Right now I understand we've squeezed LockMart into a deal for $45 million per A/C, which is pretty reasonable, just have to see whether they can stick to it.