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Washington has killed the expensive F-22 Raptor fighter. Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 costs about $140 million apiece and isn't flying missions in either Afghanistan or Iraq.
Gates is trying to reshape the military to be able to fight small counterinsurgent wars instead of the Cold War-era slugfests envisioned decades ago. [Like say, Russia - or China.]
The cheaper F-35 aims to replace a raft of aging jets flown by multiple U.S. military branches and countries. The joint strike fighter can be built for as little as $49 million [misdirection: 'built' isn't the cost of deploying], though critics say it's going to cost a lot more and isn't nearly as capable in the air as Lockheed advertises... [nothing is - that's the point]
[There was a time {not long ago} when we promised our servicemen the best possible equipment before sending them into harms way. So what's the 'price tag' we'll ascribe to lives lost due to our military frugality?]
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