Saturday, December 24, 2016

Trump Pits Boeing Against Lockheed to Cut Costs of New Fighter Jets

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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s latest missive on military spending suggests that Boeing has perhaps swayed him more than its rival Lockheed Martin. Now, he is preparing to pit one off the other to try to decrease the cost of new fighter jets, military analysts said on Thursday.

Mr. Trump’s post on Twitter on Thursday afternoon said that based on the “tremendous cost and cost overruns” on Lockheed’s new F-35 strike fighter jet, he had asked Boeing to *give him the price for a “comparable” version of its older F-18 Super Hornet.

 His suggestion that *the F-35s and the F-18s were comparable also indicated that Mr. Trump was not yet fully up to speed on the technical characteristics of the jets, some analysts said


*He didn't say they were comparable, but to give him a price on a comparable version.  Idiot.

8 comments:

  1. The NY Times I would not trust if they told me the shy is blue.

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  2. https://warisboring.com/the-official-f-35-price-tags-are-bogus-99d67799e2ac#.s9m501wgh

    Papa

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    1. Thanks. https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-official-f-35-price-tags-are-bogus.html

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  3. We can see their stealth, and our own.
    They can see us.
    https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-navys-next-hawkeye-plane-can-detect-stealth-fighters-51023944fcbe#.xhj42xvo1

    Papa

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  4. There were airforce personnel also saying that the F35 could replace the A10 warthog. Any of these people been in a combat zone or even seen the movie? indyjonesouthere

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    1. Seem the Skyraider would be better than the F35. :)

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