Comment 76596

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted May 08, 2012 at 08:19:22 in reply to Comment 76590

Well, I agree with some of your points, but not all.

The $150M price tag per fighter - at current costs anyway, is not a reason people would be afraid to put them out into combat. The estimates (based on a very brief search on the Net) says that in 1977 dollars, the CF-18s we have were about $35M each. now that they are almost 40 years old, I'd say that's a good ROI (another brief search of inflation calculators shows that it would be about $135M in today's dollars). So, that's a moot point. Because we have a history of buying fancy stuff and keeping it for long periods of time, that seems OK.

@Ryan: Again, there's no sources for your claims that the costs would be significantly more for the F-35 than for the current CF-18. We're going to hit a wall soon anyway with the CF-18s much like the Sea Kings - McDonnell Douglas is going to stop making parts, then we have to pay more to get them scratch-built for us, and then we're paying more to keep them in service than they are worth.

I'm not a fan of the Raptor since it's primarily an air to air fighter, but we need a true multi-role fighter since we can't afford to buy anything else. Also, the O2 problems with pilots is something that isn't worth messing with. Also, are they still making F-22s? Couldn't find anything conclusive on the Net.

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