"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
Avleak just doesn't get that the $11.7 billion is also to fix fatal
flaws in the air-to-air role, right Kevin?

Actually, if you *read* the article, they explain what that $11.7
billion is
directed at--spiral development, to include air-to-air modifications,
ISR
modifications, etc. Henry, you need to pay more attention to that whole
reading comprehension thingie.

Like not having processor chips for 100 aircraft so they have to port
everything to a new CPU?

Wow. The idea of changing the computer hardware in an advanced weapons
system. If that seems completely strange to you, then one has to wonder what
you have thought of the myriad other systems that have seen major hardware
changes during their lifetimes. Now, didn't that nice article anwer your
questions in regards to what that $11.7 billion covers afterall?

Brooks


-HJC