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> "you know that plane that costs over a trillion dollars to develop"

That $1+ trillion number is cost through 2070.

   $406.5 billion for acquisition of the jets 
   $1.1 trillion for operations and maintenance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning...



I stand corrected but it's still a ridiculous high price to develop a plane and then have the plans simply stolen. What's the difference between the Chinese stealing a half billion dollars and stealing the designs of these plans that cost around that amount? Consequentially, probably not much.




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