On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:08:07 -0600, Scott Ferrin wrote:
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:25:11 -0700, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:11:09 +0200, Nemo l'Ancien
wrote:

So, the Allies who would have paid to have a fully operational aircraft
will just get an under valued one...
That's Us conception of Allies...


How does better than any alternatives for the price equate to "under
valued"?

It is a clear selling point for Eurofighters.

The Eurofighter costs a LOT more than the F-35 is *suppose* to. If
the costs keep rising (and Typhoon's doesn't) and there is a big
enough difference between a *real* F-35 and the export version then
maybe.

Eurofighters cost EUR 62 million each (at least, thatr's what
Austria is paying -- the exact price obviously depends on what mix
of features a buyer wants).

We don't know what the F-35 will cost, nor do we know what the
EUR/USD exchange rate will be. However, if an air force wants a new
plane to be in service much earlier than 2012, they'd be better off
buying Eurofighter than F-35.


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