Joint Strike Fighter and a revolution in targeting

I made a simple mathematical error a couple of weeks ago. I said we’ll be buying 54 Joint Strike Fighters but we’re actually getting 58 for a total of 72; unless, of course, we add a couple of spares. At less than $100 million each the nice people from Lockheed will tell you these are virtually giveaway prices – even if the jets do (currently) require more than 16 hours of maintenance for every hour they spend in the sky.

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