By making use of the large usage economies of scale, the price of the F-35 approximately equal to or even lower than fourth generation fighter aircraft.
Notice the top chart doesn't use an F-16 because they don't want to name that price.
The bottom chart? We are to believe that just because General Dynamics did most of the F-16 work, that LM could do the same (in numbers) with the F-35 Just So Failed.
More fun here.
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If one to understand why the F-35 sham continues, they should watch the following TED talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html
A company resting on it's laurels can be a dangerous thing, especially when they attempt an ambitious new design.
Supermarine built the Spitfire, and it turned them into an aviation legend overnight. Then they got lazy, and later made the Swift --- which was a catastrophe, and put them out of business;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/supermarine_swift.php
Curtiss built a long line of hugely-successful fighters into the 1940s, culminating in the P-40 Warhawk --- then they built the awful XF-87 Blackhawk, which put them out of business;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/curtiss_f-87.php
Martin built a variety of bombers and seaplanes with great success in the 1930s and 1940s --- then they built the P6M Seamaster, and it put them out of business (at least as an aircraft company);
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/martin_seamaster.php
Vought built the legendary F4U Corsair in World War 2 --- but then they built the F6U Pirate and F7U Cutlass, a one-two punch that almost destroyed them;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/chance_pirate.php
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/chance_cutlass.php
After a false start with the LaGG-3, Lavochkin built a hugely successful line of fighters during World War 2, starting with the La-5 --- afterwards, they spent nearly a decade trying to adapt to the Jet Age, ultimately resulting in the dismal La-250 "Anaconda", which put them out of business;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/la-250.php
The Mikoyan bureau produced a long line of famous and highly-successful fighter aircraft, and ultimately reached it's nadir with the Mig-29 Fulcrum in the late 1970s --- they didn't build and fly a new and original fighter design until 20 years later, and following the eventual rejection of the resulting Mig 1.44 "Flatpack", they haven't built any new designs;
http://www.aviastar.org/air/russia/mig-142.php
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