re: #21 Targetpractice

$150 million apiece and stuck in their hangers until further notice.

If ever you needed a posterchild of the Pentagon’s need for budget cuts, there it is.

Combat aircraft should be able to withstand a combat environ… Let me get back with you on this one. We used to call it a boondoggle. I see it as a combat watch; maybe some sand got into it.

Also: F-22 production and development, including currently approved upgrades, totals $74 billion, resulting in a unit cost of $377 million.