No, that is not correct. The US does not sell the aircraft as is but as a system including maintenance and upgrades (Microsoft business model). Poland pays twice what the US forces are charged for the system. Germany in turn pays double what Poland pays for the system.
So Americans taxpayers must subsidize the purchase price for the global elite blobs? No wonder the DOD hasn’t passed an audit in years! And the military industrial corporations have gleefully made billions off of the taxpayers.
The USA subsidizes the rest of the world’s military, medicine, technology, etc.
No, that is not correct. The US does not sell the aircraft as is but as a system including maintenance and upgrades (Microsoft business model). Poland pays twice what the US forces are charged for the system. Germany in turn pays double what Poland pays for the system.
EU should build their own weapons! Can we CLAW back that 1.7 trillion?
do not sell them to the Finns for that price
Insane
Agree, Finns (and other Europoors) should pay at least tenfold price.
And the F-35 is a major piece of shit…. Total money pit… wonder how much of those trillions was stolen along the way.
Time to stop selling our tech to any of these ungrateful fucks, period.
If we sold them at fair market value, the rest of the world wouldn't be able to afford our weapons systems.
So Americans taxpayers must subsidize the purchase price for the global elite blobs? No wonder the DOD hasn’t passed an audit in years! And the military industrial corporations have gleefully made billions off of the taxpayers.
We the people paid enough taxes.
and that's our problem, why?
They need to pay sticker price, with under carriage treatment, window tinting, and extended warranty as add ons!!!!!
It's how you know the world is fake and ghey.
Hey here's my countries brand new cutting edge (at the time) 5th gen fighter that'll give us dominance...
We'll sell it to whoever the fuck wants it starting at....
Their contributions don't pay even half percentage of the total costs of the planes.