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(22,700 posts)but also available for export, which for some reason, none chose. With added foreign sales, the price could potentially drop. Those other countries all selected the F-35 instead, which boggles my mind. IIRC, the countries that did back out of their F-35 buys, selected F-18 Super Hornets instead. Not sure if those had radar absorbing enhancements or not. I believe not.
Airframe issues were a concern in another article I read about the 2040c upgrade. Please, someone with some smarts, put some effort into getting the package right. What good is an upgraded airplane if its airframe fails? These are combat weapons, not tacos.
Your idiotic idea of putting stealth drones is probably far too inexpensive to justify. I mean, what defense contractor would want to build something that worked effectively, but wasn't expensive? Can't buy yachts unless the plane is crewed by a pilot whose Velcro pencil holder costs $50,000.