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2022-12-21 13:10:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A057AE994CDAA8168D40C37C072F2965D44962D65E3ED514F22F3AF70C0746AA
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The F-35B jet, produced by Lockheed Martin, is $135.8 million per unit https://armscontrolcenter.org/f-35-joint-strike-fighter-costs-challenges/ While the jet itself did not cost $1.7 trillion to produce, the development and maintenance of the F35 program is reported to be upwards of $400 billion (with projected costs amounting to $1.3 trillion) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-28/lockheed-f-35-s-cost-grows-modestly-by-its-standards-to-412-billion
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