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One has to admire the 'diplomaspeak' touted in
Lonewolf's post between the USMC and SAC.
"Your honour, although Slappsbottom Borough Council displayed the 30 mph speed limit in the appropriate manner, my client, a respected driver, interpreted the restriction differently and which interpretation, we respectfully submit and given my client's longstanding association with automobile driving, ought to be considered."
Pridgen said the expected unit cost of a CH-53K when built in full-rate production is $55 million to $65 million.
Only?
What a bargain!
This could of course be the reason why the USMC, in a reversal of private sector instigated public-private cooperation as nurtured by Google with NASA, are negotiating (with SAC's approval) royalties with Microsoft for the use of CGI involving the CH-53 in X-Box games.
It is hoped that sales of games incorporating CH-53 imagery will assist in containing part of the 53's budget explosion. USMC officials estimate that state-earned royalties could end up paying for up to one twentieth of one aircraft.
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