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As the military technology advances, these

most expensive military aircraft in the world

were created.

For the need of more powerful means of

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developed.

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money, but the show must go on. Here’s the

Top 10 most expensive military aircraft ever

made in the world.

B-2 Spirit: $2.4 billion

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The B-2 bomber was so costly that Congress cut its initial 1987 purchase order from 132 to 21. (A 2008

crash leaves the current number at 20.) The B-2 is hard to detect via infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic,

visual or radar signals. This stealth capability makes it able to attack enemy targets with less fear of

retaliation. In use since 1993, the B-2 has been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.

F-22 Raptor: $350 million

First conceived during the Cold War as an airframe to vie with Soviet aircraft that was never built, the F-

22 is touted by manufacturer Lockheed Martin as the best overall combat plane in the world — not to

mention the most expensive. It can shoot down enemy cruise missiles, fly long distances at supersonic

speeds and avoid nearly all types of radar detection. But the Senate debate over whether to build seven

more — at a taxpayer cost of $1.67 billion — eventually came down to the plane’s job-creating abilities.

The axed project would have employed 25,000 Americans.

C17A Globemaster III: $328 million

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The Air Force military-transport plane is used to move troops into war zones, perform medical

evacuations and conduct airdrop missions. There are 190 C17As in service; the aircraft is propelled by

four turbofan engines (of the same type used on the twin-engine Boeing 757) and can drop 102

paratroopers at once. In operation since 1993, it has been used to deliver troops and humanitarian aid to

Afghanistan and Iraq.

P-8A Poseidon: $290 million

Boeing’s spruced-up military version of its 737 jet will be used by the Navy to conduct anti-submarine

warfare and gather intelligence. It can carry torpedoes, missiles, depth charges and other weapons. The

P-8A is expected to go into service in 2013.

VH-71 Kestrel: $241 million

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This high-tech helicopter project, intended to replace the President’s aging chopper fleet, was running

more than 50% over budget by the time Barack Obama took office. Soon after his Inauguration, the

President announced plans to scrap the helicopters because of cost overruns. On July 22, however, the

House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved restoring $485 million to fund the Kestrels.

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: $232 million

A major step forward for surveillance and reconnaissance, the Advanced Hawkeye’s powerful new radar

system will increase the range of territory an aircraft can monitor by 300%. “It can probably watch the

pistachios pop in Iran,” an analyst for the think tank Lexington Institute told National Defense in July.

Though development of the plane is on track and two test versions have been delivered to the Navy,

budget cuts may keep the planes grounded for at least a year longer than planned.

F-35 Lightning II: $122 million

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Lockheed Martin’s 2001 deal to build these stealth, supersonic fighter jets was at the time the largest

military contract ever. The F-35s, intended to replace an aging aircraft arsenal, were developed as part of

a Joint Strike Fighter program between the U.S. and its allies and were criticized as underpowered and

overweight — and therefore easy targets. Making matters worse, from 2007 to 2008, cyberspies

infiltrated the 7.5 million lines of computer code that powered the Joint Strike Fighter, raising concerns

that enemies could copy the F-35′s design and exploit its weaknesses. In April 2009, Lockheed Martin

said it did not believe the program had been compromised.

V-22 Osprey: $118 million

This tiltrotor aircraft, which takes off and lands like a helicopter but can fly faster and farther like a fixed-

wing plane, was first used in combat in Iraq in 2007. The Osprey’s production has been bedeviled by

design and construction problems: the craft claimed the lives of at least 30 Marines and civilians during

its development alone (former Vice President Dick Cheney tried repeatedly to ground the plane). Still,

because of its range and versatility, the Marine Corps plans to deploy a squadron of V-22s to

Afghanistan by the end of the year.

EA-18G Growler: $102 million

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Hot off the presses, the Growler is a lightly armed version of the F/A-18 fighter that has been updated for

electronic warfare (it is currently being delivered to the Navy). Growlers are capable of not only finding

and disrupting anti-aircraft radar, but also jamming enemy communications.

F/A-18 Hornet: $94 million

First entering service in the 1980s, the twin-engine fighter plane was the U.S.’s first strike fighter — an

aircraft capable of attacking both ground and aerial targets. It has seen action in Operation Desert Storm

and as the aircraft of the Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron. The F/A-18 is also used by

Canada, Australia, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland.

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ths is y Americans keep striking themselves with recession...

Suhan Rahman

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keep up the fcking work and soon u will have only war machines and no human to run them...

Suhan Rahman

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I'LL ALWAYS DISAGREE WITH OBAMA ON THE F-22 RAPTER it's still the fineest attack fighter

ever built! Add different landing geer and put ont our Carriers! The f-35 is a slow joke and an ez-

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PappaBear 49

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if you included a helicopter in the list...WHERE THE HECK IS THE APACHE HELICOPTER???

Aleccs14

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The fully upgraded Apache Longbow is $28 million...

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The problem remains !

Why do we need such instruments of death !

Somebody must be very seriouse psychical ill, very ill ! Do you !

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Ok well lets say we dont pay for that do you mind if we start speaking Chinese or Maybe

Korean, or How about arabaic ...... I must say for being supposedly intelligent person that

you are, are you really thinking about 9/11 and how they actually out smarted the federal

government. Or wait we are not entitled to it then. I guess they are entitled to taking over

america.

Jaggedlove

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If American foreign policy was to mind more of it's own buisness instead of

thinking they can police the world then you won't have to worry about what

language you speak.

Not since Pearl Harbor has a sovereign nation attacked the American homeland

yet Americans have been attacking a lot of other peoples countries. Stop

suggesting that America is on the occupation list because it isn't.

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9/11

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With great power comes great responsibility.

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