Here Are Some Pentagon Cost Overruns

LockheedMartin F-35B JSF (Photo from Air To Air Combat)

Five Weapons Had $206 Billion Cost Growth
-- Worldwide War Pigs

Just a continuation of the story of how the defense industry could not estimate the cost of a program to save it's life; or the life of a program. Regardless of the election results, I figure that the life of a few of these programs will be at risk. Certainly the the first two. The Virginia is probably secure given how the Congressional gravy train/RICO graft-fest works with shipbuilding. And the fact that we know that the thing will actually work.

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My Comment: And this is just for five programs. There has got to be a better way.

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