12-29-2021, 05:11 AM
Fly an F35 20 hrs a month for a year, (which I doubt they do). You just paid for another jet in maintenance costs. Drones and missiles start looking cheap.
And that's without considering the costs of training a pilot. Last I recall from reading it, this was well over $1m each and it's likely gone up.
Agree that for LMT $50m is basically a budget rounding error. But the language implies this could be the lead-in to something more substantial.
And that's without considering the costs of training a pilot. Last I recall from reading it, this was well over $1m each and it's likely gone up.
Agree that for LMT $50m is basically a budget rounding error. But the language implies this could be the lead-in to something more substantial.