The mammoth costs of killing and destruction. All enabled by the wanton printing of the USD. This is why the world wants to de-dollarization the world economy.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

The mammoth costs of killing and destruction. All enabled by the wanton printing of the USD. This is why the world wants to de-dollarization the world economy.

Rx_Hawk [he/him] · edit-2 7 months ago

I imagine the amount of manpower/time going into maintenance is probably similar, but yeah the munitions for the F-35 seem to be much more expensive. Up to 4x more expensive for F-35's AIM-9X Sidewinder ($450,000+) vs. F-15's AIM-7 Sparrow ($125,000).