Michael Petukhov
March 16th 04, 12:44 PM
Otis Willie > wrote in message >...
So it is 196 mil (4.7bil/24) each. All come without an ability
to attack ground targets and but with obsolete avionics, computer,
processors. Nice, isn't it?
Michael
> Report: Pentagon needs to justify new fighter jet
>
> (EXCERPT), by John J. Lumpkin ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> 3:06 p.m. March 15, 2004
>
> WASHINGTON ? The Pentagon needs to make a case to keep the F/A-22
> fighter program in the face of vastly increased costs and technical
> problems, congressional investigators say.
>
> The General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, said in a report
> that the military can now afford only 218 of the planes within a $36.8
> billion spending cap. The Air Force originally planned to buy 750 but
> has since reduced the number to 277 ? which it still says it can
> afford once it makes the program more efficient.
>
> The F/A-22 Raptor, intended primarily as a stealthy replacement for
> the F-15 Eagle, was built to shoot down other planes. Unlike its
> predecessor, the F/A-22 can fly at supersonic speeds for long ranges.
>
> The plane was conceived 18 years ago, at the end of the Cold...
>
> U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing
> copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report
> cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it
> in full today, 15 Mar 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE
> the following lines into your web browser.) The
> subject/content of this report is not necessarily the
> viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided
> for your information and discussion.
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040315-1506-fighterjettroubles.html
>
> ---------------------------
> Otis Willie
> Associate Librarian
> The American War Library
> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com
So it is 196 mil (4.7bil/24) each. All come without an ability
to attack ground targets and but with obsolete avionics, computer,
processors. Nice, isn't it?
Michael
> Report: Pentagon needs to justify new fighter jet
>
> (EXCERPT), by John J. Lumpkin ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> 3:06 p.m. March 15, 2004
>
> WASHINGTON ? The Pentagon needs to make a case to keep the F/A-22
> fighter program in the face of vastly increased costs and technical
> problems, congressional investigators say.
>
> The General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, said in a report
> that the military can now afford only 218 of the planes within a $36.8
> billion spending cap. The Air Force originally planned to buy 750 but
> has since reduced the number to 277 ? which it still says it can
> afford once it makes the program more efficient.
>
> The F/A-22 Raptor, intended primarily as a stealthy replacement for
> the F-15 Eagle, was built to shoot down other planes. Unlike its
> predecessor, the F/A-22 can fly at supersonic speeds for long ranges.
>
> The plane was conceived 18 years ago, at the end of the Cold...
>
> U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing
> copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report
> cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it
> in full today, 15 Mar 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE
> the following lines into your web browser.) The
> subject/content of this report is not necessarily the
> viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided
> for your information and discussion.
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040315-1506-fighterjettroubles.html
>
> ---------------------------
> Otis Willie
> Associate Librarian
> The American War Library
> http://www.americanwarlibrary.com