F-35 Price Tag, According to Manufacturer

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Ian Austen and Christopher Drew, Canada Plans to Buy F-35s, but Hurdles
Remain. New York Times, July 16, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/business/global/16fighter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=f/a-18&st=cse
("Though recent Pentagon estimates have placed the cost of a single F-35 as
high as $112 million, Mr. Stevens said Lockheed believed it could lower the
cost, by 2014 or 2015, to be comparable to updated and fully loaded versions
of older fighters, like Boeing’s F/A-18 and Lockheed’s own F-16. That
would reduce the price of each F-35 to about $65 million.")

My comment:
(a) McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet
(F/A for Fighter/Attack; supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable;
introduction: 1983; Canada was the first export customer for the Hornet:
Canadian designation CF-18 where C stands for Canada)
(b) The $65 million tag is relatively affordable.

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