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Old 28th Mar 2011, 19:17
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LeCrazyFrog
 
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if that was a car seller trying to sell you his latest toy, with all the gadgets you definitely need, and "oh!, for the check, don't worry, just sign it and I'll fill in the numbers"...plus you've just read that in a matter of years cars will be outdated as everybody will be "beamed" around the places...

You'd have hairs rising behind your neck....rightly so...
because IMHO, no matter you say it is not very convincing :

- you can argue whatever tech specs to justify the toy;
- you can flash out any buzzwords you like (CfA or CfC or whatever);
- you can argue you get back each and every pound you put in...

the matter of the fact is :
- the thing is a bloody endless black hole moneywise with nobody being able to give an approximation of how much is it going to cost;
- the growth capacity of current programs (F18, Rafale, Eurofighter) is big enough to cope with possible improvements for he next 2 or 3 decades;
- especially considering that in about that amount of time (plus/minus a decade) most missions will be performed by UAV/UCAVS and the lot.

Anyway, if I am wrong why is it that so many govts are reconsidering the program if it is such a sure bet??? Surely I am not the only one with hairs rising behind my neck...
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