I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010 and then covered D.C. transportation for TBD On Foot. These days, I report on state telecom issues for Warren.
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Sound familiar? Mubarak jailed a blogger for 4 a couple years back. I’m not seeing a huge amount of difference there though.
Washington intends to buy 2,443, at a price tag of $382 billion.
Add in the $650 billion that the Government Accountability Office estimates is needed to operate and maintain the aircraft, and the total cost reaches a staggering $1 trillion.
In other words, we’re spending more on this plane than Australia’s entire GDP ($924 billion).
…In a decade’s time, the United States plans to have 15 times as many modern fighters as China, and 20 times as many as Russia.
