via Reuters....
By 2019, the Pentagon projects the cost of each new F-35 fighter plane will be around $85 million, putting it on a par with the cost of current fighter planes, said Jim McAleese, a Virginia-based defense consultant.I'm throwing the bullshit flag on this one.
The South Korean order could create 10,000 jobs at Lockheed and its suppliers as they build the components to make the 40 jets.
The sources said the projected savings and job counts were comparable to similar estimates released when Japan announced plans to buy 42 F-35 jets from the U.S. government in December 2011
No. I'm not an economist but if 40 jets can create 10,000 jobs then the USAF order alone should bring the US unemployment rate down to at least 5%.
Read the entire article (here) but be advised. They moved from questionable claims to fantasy island.
Why are they this desperate? What is going on that we can't see to make supporters give such silly statements to reporters, and why can't reporters see that its craziness on a bun?
