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Dutchie999 -> RE: Russian close calls with the West in 2014 (11/15/2014 10:23:29 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Spookyashell
But don't you know why we spend so much more?
The F-22's and the F-35's are "employment" projects. The plane could have been built for a fraction of the cost.
But in order to get political support for the programs the wings are built in one state, cockpits in another and so on and so forth.
Also they had to "sell out" production of subsystems to partner countries to get them to join up. Then ship it all back and forth.
Don't think for a second that the US gets the most bang for their bucks. They might spent a hell of a lot more, but only have like a 10% lead.
Western-world costs are twice as high. I admit that I should have mentioned the economic numbers with GDP adjusted for PPP. That sounds a bit to much like a conspiracy theory. But no doubt that they could have been built cheaper. And the subcontracting of different parts of the project has both positive and negative effects one of them being: a lot of transport costs. Although I doubt that for the entire program they amount more then a procent of the total cost.
Every society has problems with efficiency, corruption, politics etc. Russia is certainly not immune to that. One can argue (given the history of Russia and the Soviet Union) that they are more prone to that.
What do you mean with "They might spent a hell of a lot more, but only have like a 10% lead"? A 10% lead in what? Certainly not in numbers.
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