My buddy Bjørnar sent me an article on the Typhoon Eurofighter.....Read it all here but these are some highlights...
This shows the acquisition cost of the Eurofighter/Typhoon in an even worse light than it had previously appeared, when an RAF fleet of 160 had been expected. It is now acknowledged that the development and production cost to the UK of Eurofighter will be £23bn with planned upgrades.
This means that we UK taxpayers will have shelled out no less than £215m for each of our 107 jets – that's $350m at today's rates, rather more than the US taxpayers have been made to pay for each of their 185 Raptor superfighters2, almost all of which will be used operationally. And the Raptor has third-generation Stealth: the Eurofighter has no stealth features at all. The Raptor has thrust vectoring for unbeatable manoeuvrability in a dogfight: the Eurofighter doesn't.
I don't quite know what to make of the article or the source. I wish I had a better grasp of British Newspapers and how seriously to take them. One thing is certain though....if even half the claims made are true then the UK's Ministry of Defense has some explaining to do!
