When I read the original article it mentioned State department approval at 6. some billion for 18, I assumed it was US currency. So taking that into account, these plains are still costing us about $294 million dollar per plane.
Even with those add-on's that a horrible deal.
Even the missile loads are minimal with 100 Aim-9 sidewinders which cost about $630,000 each. Its like throwing in a Tim Horton's $5.00 gift card when you buy a new car.
The funny thing is we buy these planes at the $294 million dollar tag. The F-22 was only $330 million dollars.
This comes down to stupid pride by the Liberals, when Trudeau opened his mouth and said they'd never buy the F-35, they went to Boeing who saw them coming and jacked up the price tag, like they did on other Super Hornet deals.
If they go through with this deal, it comes down to two things, that Boeing backed off on putting a spear through the heart of Quebec's pride and joy in Bombardier and the Liberal's will thank Boeing by letting themselves get raped on this program.
Second the Liberals can't admit they they're wrong, and they're going to allowed themselves to be taken advantage of by Boeing.
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Last edited by CaptainCrunch; 09-21-2017 at 01:22 PM.
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