[Le Temps] Mit ihrem neuen Motor kosteten die Swiss F-35 25 % mehr
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/avec-leur-nouveau-moteur-les-f-35-suisses-coutent-25-plus-cher
Von Milleuros
[Le Temps] Mit ihrem neuen Motor kosteten die Swiss F-35 25 % mehr
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/avec-leur-nouveau-moteur-les-f-35-suisses-coutent-25-plus-cher
Von Milleuros
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Description (Le Temps, translated by DeepL) :
> The Swiss military still refuses to disclose the purchase price of the fighter jets it acquired from the U.S. government, even though an engine upgrade has increased the cost by 25%. Meanwhile, the Danish National Audit Office is sounding the alarm over the skyrocketing costs of its F-35s
Summary (Le Temps, translated by DeepL) :
> * Switzerland is keeping the purchase price of its F-35s under wraps, even as the new Pratt & Whitney engine drives up the unit cost by 25%, from $82.4 million to $105 million.
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> * In Denmark, the Court of Auditors reveals a 25% surge in the total 30-year cost of the F-35s, reaching 9.5 billion euros compared to the 7.3 billion projected in 2017.
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> * Bern had already reduced its order from 36 to 30 aircraft to stay within the 6-billion-franc budget, but it is unclear whether that decision took into account the additional cost of the upgraded engine.
It’s not like every single country that bought this pile of shit saw their costs increasing.
Wait until they get new tires tomorrow…
Yeah, in 2017 a top of the range GPU costs only $699. Nowadays a top of the range GPU costs $4000.
Whatever the projected costs were in 2017, things will become more expensive over time due to inflation.