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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2012, 10:06 AM Mar 2012

Wha chu smoking, dude?

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/02/airforce-schwartz-defends-cost-of-next-gen-bomber-022912w/

Schwartz defends cost of next-gen bomber
By Jeff Schogol - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 12:52:52 EST

At a breakfast with reporters Wednesday, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz explained why he expects the bomber’s sticker price to stay at $550 million a pop.

unhappycamper comment: A frickking F-22 costs $418 million dollars. B-2 bombers cost $2.4 billion dollars each. Shit - a Predator drone costs around $36.3 million dollars. Those Hellfire missiles we use to kill 'insurgents' costs $160 grand.

Where do you think you can find a bomber for a lousy $550 million dollars?

Don't bogart that joint, my friend.