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Buyer’s Remorse: How Much Has The F-22 Really Cost? -- Danger Room
The 196th and final F-22 Raptor has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s factory in Marietta, Georgia. That means yesterday marked an end to more than 14 years of production for what’s widely considered the most fearsome jet fighter in history. And also one of the costliest.
So what’s the cost? As little as $137 million per jet and as much as $678 million, depending on how and what you count. The thing is, the best way of calculating the F-22′s cost may be the most abstract. But any way you crunch the numbers, the world’s best dogfighter has also been one of the most expensive operational warplanes ever.
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My Comment: 'Cutting edge' is always expensive .... and in the military 'cutting edge' is always very very very expensive. And the F-22 .... let's face it .... was and probably still is .... 'cutting edge'.