Unit Price of F-35, F-22 and J-10

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(1) US

Christopher Drew, Course Correction; Pentagon Presses Lockheed  to Speed
Delivery of F-35 Fighter. New York Times, Feb. 3, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03fighter.html?scp=3&sq=f-35%20drew&st=cse
("Counting all the development costs, each F-35 is now projected to cost
about $122 million compared with about $350 million for each F-22.")

(2) China

J-10 fighter enters international market at $40 million. People's Daily, Jan
. 21, 2010.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90786/6875587.html

My comment:
(a) In (1): "Counting all the development costs." This means that the manufacturing costs of each type of stealth fighters are cheaper than those listed above.
(b) Imagine a third nation were offered either J-10 or F-35 (not to mention
F-22), would that nation buy J-10. I doubt it. The former (J-10A, as well as
the export model FC-1 枭龙) is the fourth-generation fighter, whereas the
latter, fifth-generation.

(The FC in FC-1 stands for Fighter China.)
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